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.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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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."
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.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 18, 2004 10:04:36 am PST #5976 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
...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.
That's the red-shirt chauffeur, right? Because the original chauffeur Sean Regan (wasn't it?) was offed by the junkie sister. At least in the book - I think they fudged it in the movie due to the Hayes code and somehow pinned it on Eddie Mars.
Actually, Bogie got to show off a lot of chemistry in that movie - he had that great scene in the bookstore when he lets the (really cute) clerk in on what he's doing vis-a-vis the bookstore across the street.
Hayden - Nov 18, 2004 10:09:08 am PST #5977 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Yeah, that sounds right.
DavidS - Nov 18, 2004 10:17:49 am PST #5978 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Actually, Bogie got to show off a lot of chemistry in that movie - he had that great scene in the bookstore when he lets the (really cute) clerk in on what he's doing vis-a-vis the bookstore across the street.
That was Dorothy Malone, I think. So they picked the most va-va-va-voom girl they could get, dyed her hair brown, put glasses on and let Bogie set her aflame.
Jesse - Nov 18, 2004 10:24:09 am PST #5979 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm afraid to see that movie, because I love the book so much, and Bogie looks so wrong -- even though he's great in the part, he does not look like a blond devil. Does not.