tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post5578240129121061047..comments2024-02-01T23:41:43.069-05:00Comments on Out of the Past: The Maltese Falcon (1941)Raquel Stecherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02687110907002450794noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-61401946757489457632010-11-29T19:08:53.246-05:002010-11-29T19:08:53.246-05:00Excellent casting and I would throw in the Coen br...Excellent casting and I would throw in the Coen brothers as writers/directors/producers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-39392716953880381422010-11-22T14:17:07.210-05:002010-11-22T14:17:07.210-05:00Oh, and I should add...I would DIE if they remade ...Oh, and I should add...I would DIE if they remade The Wizard of Oz! It's my absolute favorite from my childhood, I just can't imagine Tim Burton changing it up. Blah!The1stdaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701783270303914306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-8042852399411077812010-11-22T14:16:12.127-05:002010-11-22T14:16:12.127-05:00Sad I know, I haven't seen this classic. Ahhh!...Sad I know, I haven't seen this classic. Ahhh! I know you're are screaming right now, I will have to remedy that very soon. :o) But I love your recasting! Perfect choices!The1stdaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701783270303914306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-71564079287230906062010-11-21T14:22:37.064-05:002010-11-21T14:22:37.064-05:00I love The Maltese Falcon! I think the acting is s...I love The Maltese Falcon! I think the acting is superb (especially Peter Lorre) and the script is wonderful! I love who you imagined playing the Mary Astor role-Julianne Moore would be perfect!QUB English Societyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277772854954917106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-13099702242195705122010-11-21T11:14:01.027-05:002010-11-21T11:14:01.027-05:00The Maltese Falcon is one of my favourite films of...The Maltese Falcon is one of my favourite films of all time, in my top twenty at least. It is certainly the greatest remake of all time, I although I prefer think about it as another re-interpretation of the novel! At any rate, it is definitely the definitive version.<br /><br />Your casting is very interesting. I can definitely see Galdolfini and Greenstreet being similar, as well as Lorre and Galecki. I'm not so sure about Ben Affleck and Bogie. I think I'd more go with Scott Bakula. I think he resembles Bogie and he has played Dashiell Hammett inspired, hard boiled detectives before (the most notable is probably Clive Barker's Harry D'amour in Lord of Illusions). I think I would go with Nicole Kidman as Brigid instead of Julianne Moore, but then I never have cared too much for ginger hair! I do think Nicole looks sort of like a blonde version of Mary.Terence Towles Canotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-67964398152228362162010-11-21T10:30:57.461-05:002010-11-21T10:30:57.461-05:00Oh--just saw your comment about The Thin Man--that...Oh--just saw your comment about The Thin Man--that's just weird to think about! I could definitely see J Moore. It's interesting that the average Hollywood film actor these days just looks more standardized than the likes of Bogie, Greenstreet, Lorre & Cook. But it's an interesting exercise!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-34777353946139639182010-11-21T09:57:48.062-05:002010-11-21T09:57:48.062-05:00Emm - I don't agree with you at all. The Malte...Emm - I don't agree with you at all. The Maltese Falcon name carries a lot of clout and the Hollywood machine could make it dazzling and splashing if they wanted to. Didn't you hear that they are remaking The Thin Man? That name has far less clout and isn't dazzling or splashy either. Yet they are remaking it. Even with a glut of crime-solving couple movies that have come out in the past 10 years.Raquel Stecherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687110907002450794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-19120409117090230362010-11-21T09:08:52.499-05:002010-11-21T09:08:52.499-05:00Somehow I doubt that anyone would try to remake Th...Somehow I doubt that anyone would try to remake The Maltese Falcon. Though an extremely essential classic, it's not a dazzling, splashy movie like some films.<br /><br />The cast is what truly made The Maltese Falcon great and it's time in film history also is important, as it was the dawn of Film Noir. (That's a very odd statement, considering that <i>noir</i> means darkness or night!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com