He decides to indulge his long-time fantasy of becoming a private detective by placing a newspaper ad offering his services-and gets more than he bargains for with his first case. Screenwriter Neville Smith’s clever dialog is infused with just enough shadings of Chandler and Hammet to deflect...
Screenwriter, Penelope Gilliatt, writes a piece so bristling with the unpredictability that the characters and situations are deep and troubling. My favorite character is Daniel, the most adjusted of the three, but a character who would typically be written as the most maladjusted. Schlesinger had ...
After discussing my origin story and the surprisingly limited number of truly enjoyable jobs that exist within the greater watch industry, Ariel and I dig into the concept of watches as a hobby, the ongoing reluctance to label it as such, and why simply just AAA calling it a Amazon Fake Wa...
3.“Double Indemnity” (1944):This movie brings a triple dose of hardboiled noir, aswriter-director Billy Wilder and screenwriter Raymond Chandler adapted James M. Cain’s infamous novel about a femme fatale (Barbara Stanwyck) who lures her prey, gullible insurance man Walter Neff (Fred MacMurr...
3.“Double Indemnity” (1944):This movie brings a triple dose of hardboiled noir, aswriter-director Billy Wilder and screenwriter Raymond Chandler adapted James M. Cain’s infamous novel about a femme fatale (Barbara Stanwyck) who lures her prey, gullible insurance man Walter Neff (Fred MacMurr...