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The Big Sleep

...en av filmhistoriens främsta film-noirrullar.

...it remains a classic, wholly lovable movie, deploying Chandler’s large and picturesque supporting cast to exceptional effect...

Only the fiercest concentration will keep you on top of the head-spinning plot, and the fact that Hawks had to be relatively coy about the pornography and drugs makes the proceedings look even more occult and mysterious.

What helps is that Robert Mitchum is a definitive screen presence. I’ve said before that when today’s first-graders are in college, he’ll be recognized as an authentic cult hero, the Bogie of the 1990s.

Few films have made cigarettes seem so glamorous.