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** James Berardinelli noted in his review of the film that Bogart's performance as Sam Spade singlehandedly reversed audience expectations for private investigators in movies. Before this movie came out, [=PIs=] in films were expected to follow the Literature/SherlockHolmes mold and be independently wealthy, cooperate with police, and avoid getting their hands dirty. Portraying Spade as an abrasive, thuggish, misanthropic AntiHero was seen as radical at the time. However, nearly every [=PI=] in film noir afterwards was so heavily based on Spade that the character can feel boring and clichéd to modern audiences.
** In addition to expectations for [=PIs=], this movie also completely changed the reputation of Creator/HumphreyBogart. Before this movie, Bogart was a B-list actor type-cast as a straightforwardly villainous figure in gangster movies. However, his more complex characters here and in later works like ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' have so totally eclipsed all his prior roles in the public's memory that his showing a human side here no longer comes as a surprise.
** James Berardinelli noted in his review of the film that Bogart's performance as Sam Spade singlehandedly reversed audience expectations for private investigators in movies. Before this movie came out, [=PIs=] in films were expected to follow the Literature/SherlockHolmes mold and be independently wealthy, cooperate with police, and avoid getting their hands dirty. Portraying Spade as an abrasive, thuggish, misanthropic AntiHero was seen as radical at the time. However, nearly every [=PI=] in film noir afterwards was so heavily based on Spade that the character can feel boring and clichéd to modern audiences.
** In addition to expectations for [=PIs=], this movie also completely changed the reputation of Creator/HumphreyBogart. Before this movie, Bogart was a B-list actor type-cast as a straightforwardly villainous figure in gangster movies. However, his more complex characters here and in later works like ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' have so totally eclipsed all his prior roles in the public's memory that his showing a human side here no longer comes as a surprise.
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** James Berardinelli noted in his review of the film that Bogart's performance as Sam Spade singlehandedly reversed audience expectations for private investigators in movies. Before this movie came out, [=PIs=] in films were expected to follow the Literature/SherlockHolmes mold and be independently wealthy, cooperate with police, and avoid getting their hands dirty. Portraying Spade as an abrasive, thuggish, misanthropic AntiHero was seen as radical at the time. However, nearly every [=PI=] in film noir afterwards was so heavily based on Spade that the character can feel boring and clichéd to modern audiences.
** In addition to expectations for [=PIs=], thisOnceOriginalNowCommon: This movie also completely changed the reputation of Creator/HumphreyBogart. Before this movie, Bogart was a B-list actor type-cast as a straightforwardly villainous figure in gangster movies. However, his more complex characters here and in later works like ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' have so totally eclipsed all his prior roles in the public's memory that his showing a human side here no longer comes as a surprise.
** James Berardinelli noted in his review of the film that Bogart's performance as Sam Spade singlehandedly reversed audience expectations for private investigators in movies. Before this movie came out, [=PIs=] in films were expected to follow the Literature/SherlockHolmes mold and be independently wealthy, cooperate with police, and avoid getting their hands dirty. Portraying Spade as an abrasive, thuggish, misanthropic AntiHero was seen as radical at the time. However, nearly every [=PI=] in film noir afterwards was so heavily based on Spade that the character can feel boring and clichéd to modern audiences.
** In addition to expectations for [=PIs=], this
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* HaveAGayOldTime: This is a rare case where the trope is {{inverted}}. The word ''gunsel'' was a 1920s homophobic slur for a younger, subservient sex partner to an older man. But ''The Maltese Falcon'' movie changed its meaning to 'Hired gun' for several decades afterward.
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** Brigid O'Shaughnessy is pretty much to go to character for a FemmeFatale, she's also shown to be great at manipulation and would have succeeded if our hero wasn't as smart as she was.
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** Brigid O'Shaughnessy is pretty much to the go to character for a FemmeFatale, she's also shown to be great at manipulation and would have succeeded if our hero wasn't as smart as she was.
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** Its failure to win Best Picture for 1941 ''would'' be understandable, as it was up against no less a cinematic classic than ''Film/CitizenKane''... Except that one didn't win either. The real winner, ''Film/HowGreenWasMyValley'', is still considered one of the biggest flubs in Oscar history.
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** Its failure to win the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Picture for 1941 ''would'' be understandable, as it was up against no less a cinematic classic than ''Film/CitizenKane''... Except that one didn't win either. The real winner, ''Film/HowGreenWasMyValley'', is still considered one of the biggest flubs in Oscar history.
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** James Berardinelli noted in his review of the film that Bogart's performance as Sam Spade singlehandedly reversed audience expectations for private investigators in movies. Before this movie came out, [=PIs=] in films were expected to be independently wealthy, cooperate with police, and avoid getting their hands dirty. Portraying Spade as an abrasive, thuggish, misanthropic AntiHero was seen as radical at the time. However, nearly every [=PI=] in film noir afterwards was so heavily based on Spade that the character can feel boring and clichéd to modern audiences.
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** James Berardinelli noted in his review of the film that Bogart's performance as Sam Spade singlehandedly reversed audience expectations for private investigators in movies. Before this movie came out, [=PIs=] in films were expected to follow the Literature/SherlockHolmes mold and be independently wealthy, cooperate with police, and avoid getting their hands dirty. Portraying Spade as an abrasive, thuggish, misanthropic AntiHero was seen as radical at the time. However, nearly every [=PI=] in film noir afterwards was so heavily based on Spade that the character can feel boring and clichéd to modern audiences.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Has Brigid genuinely fallen for Sam at the end, or is she just acting to manipulate him into letting her off the hook for her crimes? It's almost certainly the latter -- but she's good enough at the act that there may be a part of your mind, and there's certainly a part of Sam's, that can't help but wonder...
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Has Brigid genuinely fallen for Sam at the end, or is she just acting play-acting to manipulate him into letting her off the hook for her crimes? It's almost certainly the latter -- but she's good enough at the act that there may be a part of your mind, and there's certainly a part of Sam's, that can't help but wonder...
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Has Brigid genuinely fallen for Sam at the end, or is she just acting to manipulate him into letting her off the hook for her crimes? It's almost certainly the latter -- but she's good enough at the act that there may be a part of your mind, and there's certainly a part of Sam's, that can't help but wonder...
