Wednesday, March 2, 2011

After The Thin Man (1936)


Sequels. The best ones are like a comfy warm duvet. I don't think I've seen a film stick to the program like After The Thin Man. 
Basically the gangs all here, the two leads Nick and Nora Charles are back, played pitch perfectly by William Powell and Myrna Loy; its still written by , the same people who wrote the original adaptation, from the Dashiell Hamnett book and W.S Van Dyke is still calling shots from one of those oversized megaphones they had back in the 30's... probably. There was only 2years between the making of this movie.
But the main attractions here are Powell & Loy and the script. The boozy couple continue in revelling in their barbed but loving dialogues, particularly Powell. The epitome of a Nick Charles line was "Hmmm Scotch...
I think?"
So Nick and Nora are back on the case, this time investigating the disappearance of Nora's cousin in law. All the scenes without Nick and Nora become all-of-sudden quite boring; my only criticism. They must be one of the most watchable couples in movie history. Their chemistry is out-of-this world.

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