--- Robert Elkin <
rictusaporia@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Except Spade, to Bogart movie viewers, can never
be
> a "pleasant blond Satan," & so the entire
Faust
> angle is out the window._,_._,___
>
But isn't that bogging in particulars? As far as The Falcon
as a film entity -- granted, films usually aren't great
places for books to live as Hitchcock as shown only too often
-- translates other elements of the book so strongly that it
makes up for whatever short comings are assigned to Bogart in
terms of the original character. To me, the strength of The
Maltese Falcon isn't in Spade or even its hard-boiled style
but in the nature of the story and how it works. That's why
it's such a great story to me and while Hammet has been
imitated in style, no one seems to be interested in the
wonderful mechanics of the novel. Huston nailed that part
right on the bleeding head . .
.
William
Essays and Ramblings
<http://www.williamahearn.com>
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