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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Maltese Falcon |
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A fabulous treasure, the Maltese Flacon, has been sought by various criminals around the world. It now appears that it has somehow arrived in San Francisco, where Humphrey Bogart falls into the web of deciet and death.
--Dave, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Maltese Falcon |
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Technology/treasure/info search
Yes
involving:
- money/gems/treasure
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 20%
Murders of set profession?
- criminals
Special suspect?
- lover
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 ()
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
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