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<blockquote data-quote="spiney" data-source="post: 249572" data-attributes="member: 192438"><p>Sunday (Aug 27th).</p><p></p><p>The Big Sleep, CH5, 2.40pm.</p><p></p><p>DON'T MISS.</p><p></p><p>Not sci fi, in any way, but a great work of art, and a very watchable film, from Howard Hawks (The Thing), based on the excellent Raymond Chandler novel (I can never follow Chandler's plots, always get lost after about 10 pages in! But then, nobody can, Hawks himself said he couldn't keep track while actually making the film!).</p><p></p><p>At the time, Bogart and Bacall had just famously had an affair (during making Cassablanca), I can't remember if they were married during making Big Sleep, but were certainly lovers, Hawks cunningly used this, and as a result, the screen positively smoulders!</p><p></p><p>There were several screen Marlowes (Chandler's famous hard bitten cynical 1940s LA private dick), including an interesting later film starring James Garner, but Bogart was the definitive one!</p><p></p><p>(Switch on the telly (or video), put up yer feet (or paws), get out the beer (or herbal tea) and cheesesticks (or couscous), and - just enjoy!).</p><p></p><p>_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Sleep_%281946_film%29</p><p>_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Chandler</p><p></p><p>Frankenstein, film4, 3.00pm (repeated after midnight).</p><p></p><p>One of the most important films ever made. If you missed this before, don't miss it again (see above post).</p><p></p><p>The Private Files of J Edgar Hoover, ITV4, 10.50pm.</p><p></p><p>Don't miss this "minor gem". Entertaining, very watchable.</p><p></p><p>Like the earlier - and extremely funny! - "Washington behind closed doors", about corrupt President Nixon, this was a similar-style made for tv film, about another corrupt public person, the director of the FBI!</p><p></p><p>Hoover is shown over many years, slowly ageing, as he progresses in his career, becomming ever more corrupt, blackmailing people along the way. It's also suggested he was actually homosexual (he had a deep hatred of gays), whereas we now know - after this film was made - that he was a cross-dresser!</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076567/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076567/</a> .</p><p>_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spiney, post: 249572, member: 192438"] Sunday (Aug 27th). The Big Sleep, CH5, 2.40pm. DON'T MISS. Not sci fi, in any way, but a great work of art, and a very watchable film, from Howard Hawks (The Thing), based on the excellent Raymond Chandler novel (I can never follow Chandler's plots, always get lost after about 10 pages in! But then, nobody can, Hawks himself said he couldn't keep track while actually making the film!). At the time, Bogart and Bacall had just famously had an affair (during making Cassablanca), I can't remember if they were married during making Big Sleep, but were certainly lovers, Hawks cunningly used this, and as a result, the screen positively smoulders! There were several screen Marlowes (Chandler's famous hard bitten cynical 1940s LA private dick), including an interesting later film starring James Garner, but Bogart was the definitive one! (Switch on the telly (or video), put up yer feet (or paws), get out the beer (or herbal tea) and cheesesticks (or couscous), and - just enjoy!). _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Sleep_%281946_film%29 _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Chandler Frankenstein, film4, 3.00pm (repeated after midnight). One of the most important films ever made. If you missed this before, don't miss it again (see above post). The Private Files of J Edgar Hoover, ITV4, 10.50pm. Don't miss this "minor gem". Entertaining, very watchable. Like the earlier - and extremely funny! - "Washington behind closed doors", about corrupt President Nixon, this was a similar-style made for tv film, about another corrupt public person, the director of the FBI! Hoover is shown over many years, slowly ageing, as he progresses in his career, becomming ever more corrupt, blackmailing people along the way. It's also suggested he was actually homosexual (he had a deep hatred of gays), whereas we now know - after this film was made - that he was a cross-dresser! [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076567/[/url] . _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover [/QUOTE]
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