Hammett is also an obvious influence. "Miller's Crossing," is
a pastiche of THE GLASS KEY, and a hell of a movie in its own
right.
BobT
I don't think "pastiche" is the right word, but I don't know
if there really is a word to describe it. "Loose, uncredited
remake," perhaps? What the Coen Brothers did was to film the
GLASS KEY up to a certain point, but where Hammett veers away
from the gang war to concentrate on a murder mystery, the
Coens write a new second half that follows the gang war
instead. And it's totally excellent -- a hard-boiled viewing
must for anyone on this list.
The Coens also used the term "blood simple" from Hammett's
RED HARVEST as the title of their first film. Another
hard-boiled viewing must.
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