Iphupho laphakade
I-Big Sleep (1939), inoveli yokuqala ka-Chandler, uPhilip Marlowe uthatha icala elithembisa ukuthi lizoba lula. UGeneral Sternwood, omdala, okhubazekile futhi ocebe ngokwedlulele, uthole inothi elibi ngendodakazi yakhe encane, uCarmen wasendle.
USternwood usola u-Arthur Geiger, umdayisi wezincwadi wendawo, futhi ucela uMarlowe ukuthi amphenye kabanzi. Nokho, uVivian Sternwood, indodakazi endala kaJenene, usola ukuthi umseshi uqashwe ukuze athole umyeni wakhe, uRusty Regan, osanda kunyamalala.
Ngokushesha uMarlowe uzothola ukuthi lokho okubonakala kuwumsebenzi ovamile empeleni kuyitulo le-labyrinthine lezithombe zobulili ezingcolile kanye nokubulala lapho odade baseSternwood bazodlala indima yobudemoni.
Isimo: ILos Angeles, idolobha elincane, elingalodwa elinomthetho wokuziphatha ongabazisayo nomnyango wamaphoyisa owonakele; imigwaqo uMarlowe ayinyathela isukela ehhovisi lakhe eduze kwase-Sunset Boulevard ebolile kuya ezindlini ezinkulu ezisenyakatho nedolobha.
Kusukela endaweni engaphansi kwe-Santa Monica ecishe ibe khona kuya emihosheni yasogwadule ezungeze idolobha. Umlingiswa wakhe odume kakhulu, uPhilip Marlowe, ungumseshi wamagama ambalwa kanye nemicabango ejulile eguga ngamanoveli alingisa kuwo.
U-Marlowe unesizungu, unezimfanelo ezinhle kakhulu zomzimba, ukuzethemba, i-antihero yothando kanye nesithenjwa sezincwadi: kanye nesinema yekhulu lama-XNUMX. Amanoveli akhe akhombisa umphakathi ompofu, onodlame futhi ongathembekile osabhekene nemiphumela ye-Great Depression. ungase futhi uthande Izincwadi Zesimanje.
Ukuvakashela idolobha ehhovisi lakhe eHollywood
Ukuxabana
UJenene Sternwood uqasha uDetective Philip Marlowe ukuthi amkhulule emzamweni wokumqola uGeiger othile, osebenzisa izikweletu zokugembula okusolakala ukuthi zendodakazi yakhe encane, uCarmen. Indodakazi endala kajenene, u-Vivian, ithanda ukuthola ukuthi umseshi unesithakazelo esingakanani ku-Rusty Regan, owayengumyeni wakhe, obalekela inkosikazi yesigelekeqe sendawo.
Ngesikhathi uGeiger edutshulwa esendlini yakhe, uCarmen utholakala endaweni yesigameko kodwa enqunu futhi edakiwe, futhi ngaleso sikhathi umphenyi useyazi ukuthi uphenyo lusanda kuqala.
Ubunkimbinkimbi besakhiwo buhlangene nabalingiswa abasinikeza isibonakhulu sokuziphatha nokuziphatha okubi. Ingqikithi yomlando nenhlalo yomsebenzi, enetimu ezithinta izincwadi zesimanje, ingenye yezici ezenza Iphupho laphakade okuhlangenwe nakho okucebisayo.
UDetective Marlowe, ekufuneni kwakhe iqiniso ngokungakhathali, uzulazula emanzini adungekile omhlaba lapho ukubonakala kukhohlisa khona futhi kugcwele ingozi kuwo wonke amagumbi. Ukungaqiniseki komsebenzi wakhe kumenza anqamule izindlela ezibhekana naye namademoni abanye kanye nezakhe.
Ukulingiswa kuka-Carmen no-Vivian Sternwood kwengeza izingqimba zobunkimbinkimbi endabeni, okubonisa umzabalazo wamandla endaweni lapho ukulumba kuyinto evamile, okuholela umfundi ukuba acabange ngobudlelwano bobulili kanye nokumelwa kwabesifazane ezincwadini ze-noir.
