The Big Sleep
The Cinémathèque québécoise partners with Film Noir au Canal to present one of the genre's great classics, Howard Hawks' The Big Sleep. Adapted from Raymond Chandler's bestseller featuring detective Philip Marlowe, the film was co-scripted by none other than William Faulkner, and marks the second on-screen appearance of Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart together, solidifying their status as an iconic couple.
Detective Philip Marlowe is hired to prevent blackmail attempts against a rich family. But the story is much more complex than it seems. Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler.
Howard Hawks
Born into a family of industrialists, Howard Hawks made his debut in Hollywood as a prop maker following a chance meeting with Victor Fleming during a car race. After a stint as an Air Force instructor during World War I, he returned to the movies as soon as he could. He worked as a screenwriter and transitioned to directing in the mid-1920s. He successfully made the transition from silent to talkies, directing detective films and aviation stories based on his own experience. From the 1930s to the 1960s, Hawks seized the typical genres of Hollywood cinema to sign some of the most representative masterpieces, including: the gangster film (Scarface), the screwball comedy (Bringing Up Baby), the film noir (The Big Sleep), the musical (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and the western (Rio Bravo).
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