Author: Raymond Chandler

 

Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at age 44, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Chandler 

The Movies I Watched in June

The Accused 1949  6/10

The Age of Adaline 2015  6/10 

Behind Locked Doors 1948  6/10

Body and Soul 1947  6/10 

Bodyguard 1948  6/10

Born to Kill 1947 7/10

 

The Brasher Doubloon 1947  6/10

Call Northside 777 1948  8/10

Champion 1949  7/10

The Creator 2023  6/10

Crossfire 1947  7/10

 

Dark Waters 2019  6/10

Desperate 1947 6/10

The Devil Thumbs a Ride 1947  6/10

A Double Life 1947  6/10

Drive-Away Dolls 2024  5/10

Eric 2024  7/10

Eternals 2021 5/10

Gojira - 1.0 2023  7/10 

Hanyo 1960  7/10

 

High Wall 1947  6/10 

Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial 2024  6/10

I Walk Alone 1947  6/10

Impact 1949  6/10

Ivy 1947  7/10

 

Knock on any Door 1949  6/10

The Long Night 1947  6/10 

Mad Max: Fury Road 2015  8/10

 Madadayo 1993 7/10

 

Moss Rose 1947  6/10

Nora Prentiss 1947 7/10

Open Secret 1948  6/10

Railroaded 1947  6/10 

Raw Deal 1948  6/10

Ride the Pink Horse 1947  6/10

Road House 1948  7/10

 Ruthless 1948  7/10

 

The Set-Up 1949  7/10

 

Settlers 2021  6/10

Sleep, My Love 1948  6/10

So Evil My Love 1948  6/10

Sorry, Wrong Number 1948  7/10

They Won't Believe Me 1947  6/10

The Undercover Man 1949  6/10

Wonderstruck 2017  7/10

The Movies I Watched in May

A Chiara 2021  7/10

 

Der amerikanische Freund 1977  6/10 

Bodkin 2024  6/10

La casa sperduta nel parco 1980  5/10 

Christmas Holiday 1944  7/10

Conflict 1945  6/10 

Cornered 1945  6/10

Deadline at Dawn 1946  6/10

Decoy 1946  7/10

Dodesukaden 1970  7/10

 Donzoko 1957  7/10

Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein 1989  4/10

Farewell, My Lovely 1975  8/10

 

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024  8/10

 

The Great Flammarion 1945  6/10

Guest in the House 1944  7/10

The House on 92nd Street 1945  6/10

Ikimono no kiroku 1955  7/10

 

Johnny Angel 1945  6/10 

Johnny O'Clock 1947  7/10

Kuolleet lehdet 2023  8/10

Louder Than Bombs 2015  6/10 

The Man I Love 1946  6/10

The Mask of Dimitrios 1944  7/10

 

Murder, My Sweet 1944  7/10

 

My Name is Julia Ross 1945  6/10

Nightfall 1956  6/10 

Nocturne 1946  6/10

Overlord 1975  7/10

Ripley's Game 2002  7/10

Secrets of the Neanderthals 2024  6/10 

So Dark the Night 1946  6/10

Somewhere in the Night 1946  6/10

The Sound of Music 1965  6/10 

Undercurrent 1946  7/10

The Unfaithful 1947  6/10

Unfrosted 2024  4/10

The Unseen 1945  6/10 

Upstream Colour 2013  6/10

Voice in the Wind 1944  7/10

Where the Crawdads Sings 2022  6/10 

Where'd You Go, Bernadette 2019  6/10

The Whistler 1944  7/10

You'll Never Find Me 2023  7/10

The Big Sleep (1946)

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family and before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.

Classic detective thriller with a nearly incomprehensible plot, but highly ebtertaining due to prime direction, excellent star performances, a touch of Noir with a pinch of ironic humour, snappy dialogues and suspense.

Halliwell***: "Inextricably complicated, moody thriller from a novel whose author claimed that even he did not know 'who done it'. The film is nevertheless vastly enjoyable along the way for its slangy script, star performances and outbursts of violence, suspense and sheer fun."

Maltin****: "Classic mystery thriller...So convoluted even Chandler didn't know who committed one murder, but so incredibly entertaining that no has ever cared. Powerhouse direction; unforgettable dialogue..."

First Lines: Raymond Chandler - Farewell My Lovely

It was one of the mixed blocks over on Central Avenue, the blocks that are not yet all negro.

From my vaults: Raymond Chandler

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Chandler

First Lines: Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep

It was eleven o'clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a look of hard wet rain in the clearness of the foothills.

First Lines: Raymond Chandler - The Long Goodbye

The first time I laid eyes on Terry Lennox he was drunk in a Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith outside the terrace of The Dancers.