June 12, 2008
Fans of both Wim Wenders and Film Noir will not to miss this one.
David Patrick Kelly, Elisha Cook Jr., Frederic Forrest
An ultra-noir hommage to writer Dashiell Hammett in which fact (Hammett was once a detective) is blended with fictionalized references to Hammett's hard-boiled crime fiction The Maltese Falcon (USA/) ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 1, 2005
Stats: 36 reviews
Flixster Reviews (36)
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October 26, 2008Wenders prend soin de sa photo et de ses costumes, mais passe complètement à côté de son film.
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September 25, 2007An often-overlooked effort from Wim Wenders. Dashiell Hammett becomes a character in a stot even murkier than one of is own.
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September 10, 2007The film is saturated with a rich and textured atmosphere - the incredible sets, costumes, and lighting all help to create this - and the performances are uniformly good... However, the script itself tries too hard to be like the hard boiled fiction it emulates and thus the narr...( read more)
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