Comparing Maltese Falcon And The Devil In A Blue Dress

Film noir is not a genre of film but rather defined through its subtle qualities of tone and mood. Noir was also a specific period in Film history, mostly sprouting in the 40’s. Numerous amount of films helped contribute to the popularity of film noir, but there were some that innovated the way we portrayed it. Maltese Falcon was one of the pioneers of film noir that influenced many more noir type of films such as The Devil in a Blue Dress. With plots being different but yet a similar feel towards the movie. Similar character roles are very common in noir, like in the Maltese Falcon and The Devil in a Blue Dress. Both films use very alike characters that help give it a better noir feeling. In the Maltese Falcon, Sam spade is the main character but unlike regular plots. Sam is an anti-hero that works

Mostly on characters, even if they share the same roles as other noir films. It is easy to tell what makes them different. “Easy Rawlins” and Sam Spade share similar roles but yet are still very different in some ways. Their major differences are their appearance, one is white and the other is black. The two also seems to have a different way of attitude. Spade prefers to act a lot more laidback and less of a stressful approach to the way he does things. Easy on the other hand would rather take it with a strict position. The way Spade also accepts jobs is purely based on money and self interest. Easy felt desperate and had no choice but to accept a job that helped him pay his mortgage. If Easy only knew what the job he was getting into he would have never taken it. Spade takes any job given to him as long as there is money added. “Don’t dynamite on her too much”(10), they both knew that Miss Wonderly’s story was not completely true but yet they still accepted the money since she paid more than the usual fee they charge. Character roles are constantly repeated in film