Article: `THE BIG SLEEP' BOGIE, BACALL SIZZLE IN CHANDLER-FAULKNER-HAWKS CLASSIC.(SAVVY)

Byline: Jacob Stockinger The Capital Times

So just what is it that makes the 1946 film "The Big Sleep" such a classic?

Is it the author, Raymond Chandler, who pioneered a new kind of detective fiction in his 1939 novel?

Is it is the combined star power and sexual sizzle of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, who play the lead roles?

Is it the lippy screenplay written by William Faulkner, arguably the greatest American writer of all time?

Is it the film noir mastery of the legendary Hollywood director Howard Hawks?

"It's all of those things," says Professor David Bordwell, a world renowned film expert who just retired ...

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