BBC rarely shows American films in French dubbed
versions...
I mistyped and indeed it should read "nb 2" for A DATE WITH
THE FALCON. I plead guilty for having used the word "clever"
to qualify the dialogue; in fact I should better have said:
"dialogue with some wit"
(at least for an important part of the film). Other than that
I never claimed that it was the best of Sanders, but on the
other hand as he plays his part as a parody and, as humor
fortunately shadowed the intrigue all over the film, he
contributes to save what it could be saved in this film, the
very weak "mystery" plot not really helping it.
I saw the 4 episodes as a curiosity, knowing the near-cult
status it enjoys in the US. But I was prepared for the worst,
which explains why I could be positively surprised by some of
them. For the Chandler adaptation do not expect a first class
noir film. It's just like I said, considering the goals and
audience aimed by this series. But it's interesting to watch
when having already seen Dmytryk's film. One think struck me:
the very different "tones" used in each episode to tell the
stories; there was no unity.
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Jim Beaver :
>Etienne wrote:
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>>Concerning the Falcon series with Sanders, there
were only 4 episodes of
>>them as Sanders wanted to stop. The follow-up was
given to a
>>providential brother character in the nb 4
titled: THE FALCON'S BROTHER
>>(1942) which was indeed written by Rice, but this
was the only one from
>>the series with Sanders. A transition story and
totally forgettable.
>>She probably wrote for subsequent
episodes.
>>
>>I very recently saw the four first Falcon
episodes and I must admit that
>>nb 1 (A DATE WITH THE FALCON - 1941) is better
than expected due to
>>clever dialogues, humor and Sanders (the story is
good average for a
>>large audience, if we except some naive scientist
plot).
>>
>>
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>I think THE GAY FALCON (1941) is actually the first.
I saw A DATE WITH THE
>FALCON last night, and it seemed clearly to rely on
an audience's prior
>knowledge of the character. I also thought it was
abysmal. If George
>Sanders had relied solely on this film for his
reputation, he would be in
>all likelihood an unknown bump in Hollywood history
or, at best, his
>generation's William Shatner. He mugs and winces and
gives every indication
>of thinking he's in a schoolboy's skit. The story is
not as complex as the
>average Archie comic book, and as to the clever
dialogue, I'd have to say
>perhaps it sounds better dubbed in French. I'm
looking forward to the
>Chandler adaptation in THE FALCON TAKES OVER, but my
high hopes are no
>longer high.
>
>Jim Beaver
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