1946 · noir · thriller
The Big Sleep
Directed by Howard Hawks1h 54m1946
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
Our read: The Big Sleep (1946) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded noir · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured noir / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- twisty
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