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Film · Warner Bros. · 1946

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

36Leave it.

Bogart and Bacall are the fun, and I still could not tell you who did what.

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The review

Don't pretend you followed it. A dying general hires a detective to handle a daughter's trouble. There is another daughter. Bookstores, blackmail, more bodies than the story can line up. The studio lost the plot, and so did I, and the picture is not sorry. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall. Adults only. Not for kids.

The pleasure is the two of them, not the case. I liked the talk and I noticed what it was training: enjoy the murk, don't ask what anyone owes a town. Nobody is building a life you could hand a child. Watch it late if you want the banter. If you want a case that closes, this isn't that night, and saying otherwise is how people fib about it.

Journal

Keep The Big Sleep in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 36. Yours can differ.

The glance

Household and Piety and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

  1. 6Industry
  2. 3Household
  3. 3Piety
  4. 6Courage
  5. 2Republic
  6. 3Temperance
  7. 4Truth
  8. 2Stewardship

Is a marriage, a parent, or a child a real life here, or just a prop?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Double Indemnity

46 instead of 36

Double Indemnity is still a crime film, and it scores 46 instead of 36. What you gain is republic: The policy is the contract they meant to cheat, and it traps them.

The eight

  1. 6
    Industry

    He is hired for a case, and even the studio could not keep the job straight.

  2. 3
    Household

    A dying father and two daughters are the trouble, not a house we live in.

  3. 3
    Piety

    Blackmail stacks up, and no conscience in the room stops the next body.

  4. 6
    Courage

    He stays on a job that can kill him for a family that will not come clean.

  5. 2
    Republic

    A rich private client, not a town, and the law barely gets a vote.

  6. 3
    Temperance

    The flirtation is the fun, and the next corpse is how it holds you.

  7. 4
    Truth

    Everybody lies, and the film never makes the bill come out even.

  8. 2
    Stewardship

    You leave with their chemistry and a case you cannot honestly retell.

Live historically

Ask a fan to put the deaths in order, and don't let them skip one just because the talk was good.

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Film · United Artists · 1956

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

36Leave it.

Best picture for a timetable and a tour, not because anyone had to change.

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The review

Best picture, and a close second to the biblical pageant once both runs are counted. That is a fact about tickets. A man and his valet bet they can circle the globe in eighty days. Cameos, a balloon, trains, a ship. The pleasure is the tour. A romance is added to the trip. I had a pleasant time, and nobody on screen had to become a different person to get there.

The world goes by as a timetable he means to keep. That promise is more than a lot of light films bother with. It is still a tour. If you wanted a household, you get a valet and a gentleman who would rather win a clock. Put it on when you are tired and want motion. Skip it if you wanted the places to matter as more than stops.

Journal

Keep Around the World in 80 Days in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 36. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Republic and Temperance and Stewardship are the thin ones.

  1. 4Industry
  2. 3Household
  3. 2Piety
  4. 5Courage
  5. 2Republic
  6. 3Temperance
  7. 7Truth
  8. 3Stewardship

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

48 instead of 36

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is still a adventure film, and it scores 48 instead of 36. What you gain is household: The plot that matters is Luigi, and Mario going to get him.

The eight

  1. 4
    Industry

    The valet works; the gentleman's task is winning a bet on the clock.

  2. 3
    Household

    A romance is added to the trip and is not why the bet was made.

  3. 2
    Piety

    The wager never asks either of them to stop for conscience.

  4. 5
    Courage

    They risk the bet and the days, which is pride more than blood.

  5. 2
    Republic

    Countries pass as stops, and the travelers owe none of them a debt.

  6. 3
    Temperance

    The pleasure is the next view, and the picture keeps offering one.

  7. 7
    Truth

    A dated bet is a promise, and the story stands or falls on keeping it.

  8. 3
    Stewardship

    After the tour, the world is still a route and not a place they kept.

Live historically

Put a real date on one trip you keep delaying, and see if the deadline is a life or a stunt.

Where to watch

Finding the page.

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The next title is the one nearest what this house keeps, then the measure where it is thin. Nothing here is a crowd. It does not leave this device.

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