To Have and Have Not rocks like a thing that rocks. Bogie and Bacall--damn.
Lydia: Its removal from Burma is a felony and when triggered it has the power to melt human eyeballs.
Giles: In that case I've severely underpriced it.
'Potential'
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Connie Neil - Nov 18, 2004 9:00:10 am PST #5966 of 10001
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Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 18, 2004 9:03:43 am PST #5967 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yep. I don't think the actual story is anywhere as iconic as that of Casablanca, but IMHO no one has EVER rivalled the romantic chemistry those two put on screen in the film. If the print you're watching melts through, it ain't the heat from the projector bulb.
Beverly - Nov 18, 2004 9:04:21 am PST #5968 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh yeah, I always peferred To Have and Have Not to Casablanca.
Connie Neil - Nov 18, 2004 9:30:14 am PST #5969 of 10001
brillig
If it weren't for the two of them 'The Big Sleep' wouldn't have gone anywhere. The writer himself said he lost track of who the killer was.
DavidS - Nov 18, 2004 9:34:15 am PST #5970 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The writer himself said he lost track of who the killer was.
I love imagining that particular call. It was William Faulkner and Leigh Brackett calling Raymond Chandler to have him explain it to them.
Connie Neil - Nov 18, 2004 9:36:10 am PST #5971 of 10001
brillig
A triumph of noir over substance.
Hayden - Nov 18, 2004 9:48:26 am PST #5972 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The way I heard it, it was a telegram asking who killed the chauffeur. Chandler telegrammed back, "I have no idea."
Nutty - Nov 18, 2004 9:49:27 am PST #5973 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
...and the fact is, the whole novel comes off without that question being answered, which is why they had to ask it again at the movie-script stage. I got to the end of the novel and really had forgotten that the chauffeur had been murdered, and didn't care why.
Connie Neil - Nov 18, 2004 9:50:33 am PST #5974 of 10001
brillig
didn't care why.
Yep.
Hayden - Nov 18, 2004 9:52:40 am PST #5975 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I got to the end of the novel and really had forgotten that the chauffeur had been murdered, and didn't care why.
As with all things (other than a few of my favorite movies that she has no use for, for inexplicable reasons), I am on Nutty's side.