Great film, based on a great book. A number of plot holes, as I recall. They hardly matter.The Big Sleep with Humphrey Bogart &Lauren Bacall
Great film, based on a great book. A number of plot holes, as I recall. They hardly matter.The Big Sleep with Humphrey Bogart &Lauren Bacall
I read the book a few month ago but haven’t seen the movie. I need to check it out. Similar plot line as the book?Great film, based on a great book. A number of plot holes, as I recall. They hardly matter.
I didn’t notice them if there were any
So who killed the chauffeur? As far as I can see the version I watched didn’t settle it. Marlowe spun his theory about it, but nothing ever came of the chauffeur’s killing. I would have said Geiger’s chauffeur, but he thought Brody had killed Geiger.Plot holes or plot differences?
The is sort of a famous plot hole described in the following from IMDB:
"While working on the script, writers William Faulkner and Leigh Brackett couldn't figure out from the novel who murdered a particular character. [My recollection is that the character was the chauffer.] So they phoned Raymond Chandler, who angrily told them the answer was right there in the book. They shrugged and returned to their work. Chandler soon phoned to say that he looked at the book himself and couldn't figure out who killed the character, so he left it up to them to decide. In the original cut, shown to the armed services, this question is resolved; in the film as released, it isn't."
It’s funny how script writers seem to think viewers won’t notice. The very first time I watched knives out, I realized there was a problem with the timeline. I can’t recall what it was now, but it involved one of the characters being at the police station and another place at the same time.I do not recall. I am going to have to rewatch the earlier version, if I stiil have it!