it's crime fiction inspired by Hammett's Red Harvest
I think it owes more to The Glass Key, though Red Harvest's in there, too.
That's you all over, Tom. A lie, and no heart.
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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Strega - Dec 06, 2005 8:43:19 am PST #8951 of 10002
erikaj - Dec 06, 2005 8:52:09 am PST #8952 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
How did I miss that? Caught me during my chicklit"OMG, RossNRachelle4evah!1 "phase I bet...uh, I mean, I've always been bad. I shall rent it quickly, lest I become the very spirit of vexation.
- "We were on a break!"=Still funny, though
Scrappy - Dec 06, 2005 8:54:24 am PST #8953 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Season Two isn't out on DVD yet?
Not out yet. Cocksuckers.
erikaj - Dec 06, 2005 8:59:56 am PST #8954 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
They take about forever to make with the DVDs, HBO. I would call, but there is probably a restraining order out on me with them right now, aifg. Although maybe it would be a relief for them not to hear about "The Wire" from me again, especially considering the dead dog and all.
Nutty - Dec 06, 2005 9:29:39 am PST #8955 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
crime fiction inspired by Hammett's Red Harvest
I'm sorry; Miller's Crossing is a barefaced plagiarism of Hammett's The Glass Key, cobbled onto Red Harvest, with a climactic scene stolen lovingly from Nathanael West's Miss Lonelyhearts.
I saw the movie before I'd read any of these, so it was rather the shock when I read The Glass Key. I kept being like, this is so familiar!! before figuring it out, and then had to wonder at length why the COen brothers don't acknowledge a single source in their film.
(They avoid copyright infringement due to the cobbling-together business.)
shrift - Dec 06, 2005 9:31:33 am PST #8956 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
A few days late, but for the record, Hec:
When Chuck Norris has sex with a man, it is not because he is gay, but because he has run out of women. [note: Why does this make me think of Shrift?]
Never, ever think that again!
erikaj - Dec 06, 2005 9:32:26 am PST #8957 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
So, copyright crime doesn't always make you stupid?
Hayden - Dec 06, 2005 9:32:58 am PST #8958 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Having never read The Glass Key, this is news to me. In my defense, I used the words "inspired by" in the same way that movie studios do. Seems like the right thread for that, y'know.
Oh, and to Strega: What heart?
Hayden - Dec 06, 2005 9:35:30 am PST #8959 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
So, copyright crime doesn't always make you stupid?
I've had quite a few conversations about plagiarism lately.
erikaj - Dec 06, 2005 9:36:37 am PST #8960 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Jumping on the bandwagon in my own Special way.That second thing about "literary Sherman" is quite possibly the most awful thing I could personally imagine anyone saying. If I wrote it, I'd still be hanging my head in shame...and I know there are many things about Southern culture that still make me think "Wtf?" But, dude, why not just call his mother a whore and have done with it? Ouch. I hope you know I was just joking.