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David Thomson
96 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780851706320
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: British Film Institute
Publication date: Not specified
Description
This text 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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David Thomson
96 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780851706320
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: British Film Institute
Publication date: Not specified
Description
This text 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.