miker wrote:
>. however, if i recall correctly, he was doing the
kissy-face- huggy->bear
>with the other one (more mature, less crazy) and blew
it cuz all >he wanted
>to do was talk about the case. he could lose some
points on >the romance
>scale there.
actually, I got the impression in the book (opposed to the
film) that Marlowe was thoroughly uninterested in the
sternwood girls - beyond the level of obvious physical
attraction - and in the scene you mention with Vivian I
thought he was simply faking romantic interest in order to
pump her about the case. Could read it the other way, though
I think he saw himself as too Moral to bed her (Spade would
have bedded her and milked her for info). However, Marlowe is
quite vulnerable to Silver Wig (in TBS) and whazzername in
Farewell my Lovely to name just a couple (I've read other
Chandlers but not recently enough to remember details). I
definitely think Marlowe's a romantic at the core, and not
afraid to tell us when the dame is worthy.
I think Spade has feelings for Brigid too, but Hammett leaves
them between the lines; Hemingway's characters seem from,
what I've seen, to be more aligned with Spade. It's not a
question of how much they feel but how much they say. That's
the distinction I was making about sentimentality, which is
probably not the best word for what I want to say. Jake
Barnes is different among Hem's characters, but "Sun also
rises" is an early book that bears little stylistic
similarity to what I think most people mean when they're
talking about "Hemingway" (Not by coincidence, it's the only
Hemingway novel - as opposed to shorts and memoirs - that I
actually like).
carrie
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