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Murder, My Sweet (1944)
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"New developments in the case of an artist arrested for bioterrorism (from the doc Strange Culture), lead us into a web of noir (Murder, My Sweet) and an unexpected look at No Country for Old Men. All of which reveal the sinister culture of PARANOIA! (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday) FilmCouch #68 - Paranoia Strange Culture, Murder, My Sweet, No Country for Old Men Originally posted on:SpoutBlog "
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"New developments in the case of an artist arrested for bioterrorism (from the doc Strange Culture), lead us into a web of noir (Murder, My Sweet) and an unexpected look at No Country for Old Men. All of which reveal the sinister culture of PARANOIA! (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday) FilmCouch #68 - Paranoia Strange Culture, Murder, My Sweet, No Country for Old Men Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore "
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"I have to confess that I approached this film somewhat predisposed to not liking it. First, I was introduced to the 1975 version of Raymond Chandler's novel Farewell, My Lovely when I was a teenager, and I loved it for the performances by Mitchum, Rampling, Harry Dean Stanton, John Ireland, and Jack O'Halloran. Second, to some extent I bear Dmytryk some antipathy for naming names at the HUAC hearings.It turned that the first bias really colored my feelings about the film. Frankly, most of the performances are pretty forgettable. Dick Powell is one of the weakest Marlowes ever. Chandler's Marlow is a 38-year old man who makes a living in corrupt Los Angeles as a virtuous and jaded private detective whose understanding of human nature allows him to penetrate the most byzantine of plots hatched by powerful men and alluring femme fatales. Rather, Powell's Marlowe is a grinning idiot and a smug asshole who couldn't survive Chandler's Los Angeles for one da ... "
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"Murder, My Sweet (1944) is an excellent movie and, for fans of film noir, a must see. Private investigator Phillip Marlowe (Dick Powell) takes two cases which merge into one complex of intrigue. In the first, he tries to help huge Moose Malloy find the girl friend he had when he was put away 8 years previous. In the second and more convoluted case, he starts by accompanying a new client to a rendezvous where Marlow is knocked unconscious and the client murdered. Esteemed critics, such as Borde and Chaumeton, have pointed out that the plot is too complicated to follow. In a mystery, this should be the kiss of death, but in Murder, My Sweet it doesn’t matter much. One of the most important questions to ask about the movie is Why? The film, as was Raymond Chandler’s novel, is told from the first-person perspective. Phillip Marlowe is in over his head, and, therefore, so are we. He undertakes both cases without any idea what he is getting himself in for, and we go along fo ... "
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"In 1944 Dick Powell was well known as a squeaky-clean crooner, appearing in movie musicals such as Happy Go Lucky, Riding High, and Star-Spangled Rhythm. By then Powell was in his early forties and wanted to try some meatier, more dramatic roles. He got his opportunity when he signed to the nearly bankrupt RKO Pictures, who promptly filmed and released Farewell, My Lovely. Powell’s waning fan base came expecting another light musical comedy; what they got was one of the greatest film noirs ever made. Once RKO figured out they’d shot themselves in the foot with the title, they changed it to Murder, My Sweet, and soon enough the studio had a very deserving hit on their hands. One of Raymond Chandler’s best novels provided the raw material for John Paxton’s smartly written screenplay. Chandler’s plots are notoriously incomprehensible; if I were asked what this film is about, I wouldn’t know what to say other than &ldq "
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