Dashiell Hammett

The first season of HBO’s True Detective, written by Nic Pizzolatto, revolved around two contrasting Louisiana detectives that had to solve a string of satanic cult murders. This psychological thriller incorporates many dark symbols and philosophical questions to create an intriguing plot line. At the root of the show is the very frightening reality of corruption within the world. The corruption stems from various branches of social culture and also government. Specifically, the corruption comes

Cairo was only a prank on the cops, Dundy gets annoyed and he insists on taking them to the station: “Dundy’s face, still darkening, was immobile except for lips moving stiffly to say: ‘No, but we’ll let that wait till we get down to the Hall’” (Hammett 78). With the description that Dundy’s skin was “still darkening” and that his lips were stiff in response to Spade, the audience understands that Dundy holds contempt for Spade because of a past indiscretion or blunder. The description also highlights

BEHIND THE SHILED is a police drama that sends strong messages about the challenges that face law enforcement. The messages are relevant and the events in the script are similar to real life recent events involving civilians and law enforcement. The story focuses on four cops patrolling the streets with the lead character of O’Donnell being a veteran cop struggling with both professional and personal issues. The script does a good job of showing what patrol officers go through. It’s similar to the

Moreover, such is Quinn's degradation (not only physical but also mental) that the character does not recognize himself when he sees his reflection in the glass of a shop window and he is incapable of remembering him as he used to be few months ago because he has become a tramp: "he did not recognize the person he saw there as himself. He thought that he had spotted a stranger in the mirror, and in that first moment he turned around sharply to see who it was" (City of Glass, pg. 132). Nevertheless

Two of the first film noir pieces, The Maltese Falcon and Citizen Kane, share many structural and stylistic similarities. Their biggest similarities are use of the plant and payoff technique, and sending characters on meaningless quests. The Maltese Falcon opens with a description of a golden falcon statue, given as a gift from the people of Malta for their independence, lost en route. After these opening statements, the film jumps to a detective, Sam Spade, tasked with finding someone by Brigid

Throughout the 20th century, hard-boiled detective novels were very popular and the public quickly devoured these male-centered stories. They had a major focus on plot and the characters in various novels often fit the same stereotypes, such as the cynical and isolated detective and the seductive femme fatale. However, as the years have gone on, there has been a rise in female detectives that do not fit the mold of the previous crime fiction pieces. Sally Wainright’s BBC police procedural Happy Valley

In the novel, The Maltese Falcon, people tries achieve wealth and power through all means. And Hammett shows these intentions throughout the story. People who lies, People who kills, People who cheats, and People who deceives others for something thats worth nothing for the sake of an illusionary wealth the falcon carried. The MacGuffin of the story, The Maltese Falcon, is what everyone pursued after even though it is an illusionary figure with no worth. The Maltese Falcon is a black bird figure

and ridding it of poisonous corruption. However, after the murder is solved, Elihu attempts to retract the deal. Due to the Op’s professional conduct and character, he vehemently rejects his attempt to rescind the deal. This is why in Part Seven of Dashiell Hammett’s Red Harvest: “That’s Why I sewed You Up,” the passage that stood out to me is the following where Op says to Elihu, “Your fat chief of police tried to assassinate me last night. I don’t like that. I’m

Between the two books, Farewell, My Lovely and The Maltese Falcon, we find many similarities from the purpose of the plot to the characters within. Both books are a fan of the hardboiled detective and are set within the state of California. The main characters of both books share many different traits that define them as hardboiled detectives. To be a hardboiled detective one must have the utmost attention to detail, be independent of personal ties, must live within the hustle and bustle of city

Hard-boiled detective fiction and film noir are extremely prevalent in the 1982 film Blade Runner. In his article “Blade Runner. Science Fiction and Transcendence,” David Desser gives multiple examples of elements of the hard-boiled universe in Blade Runner: Deckard is an ex-cop, an ex-blade runner, doubtless in part because of the corruption of the system as seen in Captain Bryant, who calls replicants “skin jobs” (the equivalent of calling black people niggers), and in Gaff, who dresses like a