All I can remember is part of the chorus:
And her tears flowed like wine
Yes, her tears flowed like wine
She’s a sad, bruised tomato
She’s a busted valentine . . .
Thanx! It’s the scene I remember best from the movie – and perhaps the only scene that makes any sense!
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Thanx! It’s the scene I remember best from the movie – and perhaps the only scene that makes any sense!
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I thought all the individual scenes made sense, it was only that they didn’t quite string together in a meaningful gestalt. “If you need me, just whistle.”
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I thought all the individual scenes made sense, it was only that they didn’t quite string together in a meaningful gestalt. “If you need me, just whistle.”
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S’cuse me, but isn’t that line from 'To Have and Have Not"?
The best scene in “The Big Sleep” is where the two are rating each other in racing terms. I usually need a cigarette after I watch that. Hubba hubba!
It actually makes more sense if you read Chander’s novella. There were things that just couldn’t be spelled out in a movie, back then. E.g., until I read the book I had no idea the mysterious faux-bookstore was actually a porno shop (one that rented out pornographic books, like a modern shop rents out DVDs). Or that the murdered Geiger was bisexual and the young Carol Lundgren was one of his lovers.