The Maltese Falcon (1941) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
Added 2023-02-07 16:04:21 +0000 UTC
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I watched this reaction again, and I have to offer that in Film Noir the "good guy" protagonist is seldom "pure". The most standout example of film noir is "Out of the Past" with Robert Mitchum, and this has all the elements of the perfect film noir, including the photography and use of light and shadow.
David Martin
2023-07-30 18:40:06 +0000 UTCPeter Lorre (Joel Cairo) shows up in a lot of movies (seems like hundreds), even into the 60's and with Bogart. In Casablanca, he was Ugarte, the man who stole the letters of transit, and in Beat the Devil (another Bogart film) he was Julius O'Hara. He may have been in other Bogart films, but I can't recall one. Sidney Greenstreet (The Fat Man) was also in Casablanca, as the owner of the Blue Parrot, who Rick offers to sell his bar to. He appears in many films with Peter Lorre. Actors were contract players in those days, and they acted in a LOT of films, as many as 5 or 6 within a year.
David Martin
2023-07-18 17:02:38 +0000 UTCI would certainly recommend the Thin Man series of films. I think you guys would get a kick out of them. It doesn't star Bogart, but it was based on another book by Dashiell Hammett. William Powell and Myrna Loy are fantastic in the roles of Nick and Nora Charles. In my opinion, two of the best movie characters ever created. The film spawned five sequels (i think it was five) and all of them feature Powell and Loy. There's more humor in those films than something like Falcon, but a great script, great characters and the detective stuff with Nick is always good.
Mitchell Smilie
2023-02-10 09:17:59 +0000 UTCIf you like Elisha Cook Jr. (Wilmer), I highly recommend Stanley Kubrick's The Killing 1956, an excellent heist movie. Elisha Cook Jr. did a great job in this movie
Odyssey
2023-02-09 10:34:14 +0000 UTCI loved the last conversation with the lady. It was like an anti-romantic conversation where Spade just works his way through the pros and cons of the situation, and it's pretty obvious what decision to make. It was some great dry comedy
David Anderson
2023-02-09 09:16:42 +0000 UTCHaven’t watched this since probably 30 years ago, and it was fun watching it again with you two. So many filmic explorations are possible, and I look forward to whatever the future brings on your channel.
David Wilkins
2023-02-09 01:10:58 +0000 UTCOK, thank you for the response. I thought I was going crazy with that false memory, 🤣. Maybe we will see a nice reaction to The Big Sleep or The Treasure of the Sierra Madre one day.
Mike LL
2023-02-08 01:18:44 +0000 UTCSam mentioned to me one time that they have both seen it.
Tim Raths
2023-02-08 01:15:35 +0000 UTCHave the two of you never seen Casablanca (1942)? I have this false memory of seeing you two react to it? I've even searched for it on YouTube several times. Was it made and taken down? The movie sits on the small shelf of movies of candidates for the best movie ever made, along with Citizen Kane, The Godfather, 2001, Gone With the Wind, and The Shawshank Redemption.
Mike LL
2023-02-08 01:13:19 +0000 UTCI grew up watching all those old movies Humphrey Bogart played in supporting roles, many times with James Cagney, especially The Roaring Twenties (1939) and Angels With Dirty Faces (1938). Love them all. But once he hit the big time by starring in The Maltese Falcon, he was always the top billing star in every movie he made for the rest of his career.
Mike LL
2023-02-08 01:08:50 +0000 UTCYou all just made me spit coffee...."FLOYD!? Who the fuck is Floyd!?"
Anthony Perez
2023-02-08 01:05:40 +0000 UTCWatch me geek out...the gun Archer was shot with was a Webley- Fosbery Self-Cocking automatic revolver...I won't bore you with how interesting it is but look it up...super cool.
Anthony Perez
2023-02-08 00:52:17 +0000 UTCFor me, that’s the best detective noir ever made.
Jason Chirevas
2023-02-07 23:39:17 +0000 UTCI forgot about Murder, My Sweet, that’s a good one too.
Tim Raths
2023-02-07 23:37:35 +0000 UTCMy two and three-fifths cents… Essential Bogart: The African Queen Beat the Devil The Big Sleep The Caine Mutiny Deadline U.S.A. The Harder They Fall High Sierra The Petrified Forest The Treasure of the Sierra Madre I’d also throw in that Bogart worked as a bad guy and supporting actor — usually in movies starring James Cagney or Edward G. Robinson — for almost 10 years at Warner Bros. before he got THE MALTESE FALCON, his first starring, top-billed role. Essential noir: Act of Violence The Big Sleep Born to Kill Crossfire Detour The Hitchhiker Laura Murder, My Sweet Rawhide (a great noir western) Last, picking up on what Sam said about rewatching THE MALTESE FALCON. Definitely do. There’s a TON of stuff to discover and pick up. I’m not sure I know of another movie that rewards repeat viewings more handsomely. I won’t spoil any details but I will say, next time around, try to watch the people who aren’t talking in most any scene. There’s a LOT going on there. Oh, and, as far as Gutman’s devotion (to a point) to Wilmer — and Wilmer’s ultimately soft nature — keep an eye on how Gutman looks at Wilmer and how and where he touches him. It’s not a familial bond.
Jason Chirevas
2023-02-07 21:52:52 +0000 UTCAh...the great John Huston. Of this particular era, I'd say my favorite noir movies are The Third Man and Double Indemnity. A few later alternatives: Point Blank; Chinatown; Blood Simple; Devil in a Blue Dress; and Brick. (L.A. Confidential is another great one; but I believe you've already reacted to that.) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and The Nice Guys by Shane Black are some great modern noir-style movies, with a touch of the buddy-cop comedy thrown in. These movies take the film noir look and feel to different places, sometimes with an experimental touch.
Steve Mercier
2023-02-07 21:42:56 +0000 UTCI hope this opens the doors for more film noir on the channel. Other great noir recommendations. The Third Man Sunset Boulevard Double Indemnity The Big Sleep Laura In A Lonely Place
Tim Raths
2023-02-07 20:29:08 +0000 UTCWelcome to the world of the film noir, full of morally ambiguous characters. You noticed that your protagonist was not your clean cut, obvious hero. In the film noir you will always get a definite conclusion, within the gray areas the characters interact in, but not with the typically emotionally satisfying bright and happy ending you are used to in other movies. “The stuff that dreams are made of.” - One of my favorite lines out of one of the best movies I've ever seen. If you look up Alpha Male in the dictionary, you'll find a picture of Humphrey Bogart playing Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon. Equally good as a detective movie is The Big Sleep (1946) with Humphrey Bogart playing detective Philip Marlowe with his real life wife, Lauren Bacall. Equally good, but also very different with an even more complex case. Other great Humphrey Bogart movies are The African Queen (1951), The Caine Mutiny (1954), and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), also directed by John Huston, with Bogart's best screen performance, imo.
Mike LL
2023-02-07 19:31:52 +0000 UTCFun reactions, Dan and Sam! I’m a firm believer Dashiell Hammett, who wrote the story, and John Huston, who wrote the screenplay, wrote this simply to see how often they could get people to say, “WTF?!” It’s a good movie, and a lot of people say it’s their favorite Humphrey Bogart film, but there’s a few others that are my favorites: “Casablanca” (1972) – Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains “The Big Sleep” (1946) – Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall “Key Largo” (1948) - Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson “To Have And Have Not” (1944) - Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan “Sabrina” (1954) – kind of a rom com with Audrey Hepburn Most critics say, “The African Queen” (1951) – with Katherine Hepburn and which earned Bogart an Academy Award and Hepburn a nomination, and “Treasure of the Sierra Madre) 1948) are his best work. And you're correct, most of these older movies DON'T hold the audience's hand and continually spoon feed them information. They expected them to pay attention.
Miles E Coburn
2023-02-07 18:59:06 +0000 UTCWilmer played by Elisha Cook was noted for playing Ice Pick on the 1980’s Magnum PI show
Jason Mangen
2023-02-07 18:26:38 +0000 UTCAwesome!
Brent
2023-02-07 18:10:03 +0000 UTCBang, bang, bang! Lots to watch, all of a sudden. And that’s a great thing.
David Wilkins
2023-02-07 16:13:05 +0000 UTC
