The Thin Man Goes Home, starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Asta, 1945
I am a devotee of the hard-boiled detective writer Dashiel Hammett. I believe that Nick and Nora Charles in the original Thin Man represented interesting transitional figures from the old amateur drawing -room detectives to the modern hard-boiled detectives but enough is enough. As in current blockbuster films the desire to go milk an original idea beyond its point of saturation is clear in this the fifth in the series. Oh, yes Nick and Nora are in love. Asta is, well Asta is Asta. Beyond that Nick’s return home to solve a murder and make papa proud, all without alcohol, should have send everyone scurrying back to New York or San Francisco on the next train-make that the next plane.
I am a devotee of the hard-boiled detective writer Dashiel Hammett. I believe that Nick and Nora Charles in the original Thin Man represented interesting transitional figures from the old amateur drawing -room detectives to the modern hard-boiled detectives but enough is enough. As in current blockbuster films the desire to go milk an original idea beyond its point of saturation is clear in this the fifth in the series. Oh, yes Nick and Nora are in love. Asta is, well Asta is Asta. Beyond that Nick’s return home to solve a murder and make papa proud, all without alcohol, should have send everyone scurrying back to New York or San Francisco on the next train-make that the next plane.
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