I don't know how useful Faulkner was in The Big Sleep.
Scriptwriting is a different art. Some, but not many, fiction
writers can do both (Brackett, Gores and and Westlake, for
example).
Writing snappy dialogue for Bogart and Bacall doesn't seem to
fit Faulkner. The way he combines action with dialogue is as
different from Chandler as it could be.
I read that he didn't like to talk about his work for
Hollywood. The few comments he made about it were
negative
(he did say that the money was good). A big fish in a filthy
pond, drowning in whisky. A pure Southerner doing the
California breezy, a bad fit.
Best,
MrT
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