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Rating: Q=6, P=4 / Average OJ
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Reputation, Complex Relationships, Journalism, Noir, New York
What dialogue! This film is a joy to listen to--the words, the jazz music, the atmospheric sounds. It's a kind of writing we don't see in films anymore. Wonderful slang/phrases of the time and place (Beat culture) and every line delivered is descriptive. The story itself is essentially about two men who spend their life building a web of lies and slander to gain control over people and situations. Reputation is important in this world--more important than anything else. That kind of plot gets to be too much for me, so I'm not sure I'd watch the film again. But this one is definitely a classic.
What dialogue! This film is a joy to listen to--the words, the jazz music, the atmospheric sounds. It's a kind of writing we don't see in films anymore. Wonderful slang/phrases of the time and place (Beat culture) and every line delivered is descriptive. The story itself is essentially about two men who spend their life building a web of lies and slander to gain control over people and situations. Reputation is important in this world--more important than anything else. That kind of plot gets to be too much for me, so I'm not sure I'd watch the film again. But this one is definitely a classic.
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