If you loved The Maltese Falcon, try The Big Sleep
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the cerebral, paranoid mood tags, and they sit in Crime / Mystery / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Maltese Falcon, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Big Sleep is
Rainy Los Angeles streets, a smoky office, a ringing phone. A wealthy general's daughters, one alluring, one corrupt, and a private eye caught in between. Hawks directs with characteristic precision.
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