Film Noir

Murder, My Sweet (1944)

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Based on the novel "Farewell, My Lovely" by Raymond Chandler

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Discussion Questions

1. What are the significant similarities and diferences between the book and film?
2. How is the book structured differently than the film?
3. What is the role of race in the novel? What does Naremore say about this?
4. How is subjectivity represented in the book and the film?
5. In what ways do they both capture Marlowe's voice?
6. How are the women represented differently in the book and film?
7. Is there something the film gives us that the book does not? How so or how not?
8. What is the role of the pink bug
9. How does this book illustrate the role of detective fiction in film noir?