The Big Sleep
Published on 1. February 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-0-85170-632-0 (ISBN)
Description
Thi stext shows how "The Big Sleep" signalled a change in the nature of Hollywood cinema, as the director Howard Hawks shot extra scenes, "fun" scenes, to replace the ones in which the murders are explained, and in so doing left the plot unresolved.
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Edition
1997
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
96 p.
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85170-632-0 (9780851706320)
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David Thomson is the author of, among other books, The Biographical Dictionary of Film (1975) and Rosebud (1997), a biography of Orson Welles.
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'The Big Sleep'
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'The Big Sleep'
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