Dammit Hammett!

I've heard a few folk call this a messy masterpiece and I deign to say it's probably just messy. I did stop paying attention about halfway through but enjoyed it enough anyways. Killer cast including David Patrick Kelly and Jack Nance (I think Lynch probably lifted Josie Packard from Crystal Ling?), really remarkable compositions with unnatural angles and velvety shadows that are dark as dark can be and there's a feverish pastel dream sequence in perfect Americanish Wenders fashion that I QUITE like and wait is that Sam Fuller just uh playing Sam Fuller for like fifteen seconds?

 Me when I see a cute oriental prostitute that needs some savin'. 

All in all though, this here is thoroughly much more fun.

**Seen on a Toshiba VHS player, with some really nice lookin' CRT. Take a peek. Hello Sam!