So, after seeing Chinatown, it was time to see the complete antithesis, the definitive Bogart film noir detective story, The Maltese Falcon, directed by John Huston. This was one of the first movies I saw in my top 250 endeavor, and I remembered it as being very good, but I couldn't remember anything else about it. Well, as I watched it, some stuff came back to me, and it was very good.
Its interesting to compare Bogart (Maltese Falcon) and Nicholson (Chinatown). Both are equally smart, capable, strong, intimidating, suave, etc, and yet Bogart solves everything and has justice served, while Nicholson can't do anything. Thats 1941 vs 1974, classic vs new Hollywood.
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