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NEW VERSION OF `BIG SLEEP' OFFERS MUCH TO WINK AT; RAYMOND CHANDLER, ON WHOSE NOVEL THE FILM WAS BASED, CONFESSED THAT EVEN HE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE MOVIE'S PLOT.(TICKET)(Review)
Byline: Bill Kelley MOVIE CRITIC;
Just when you think Hollywood has restored every classic film, it turns out you're wrong.
The latest title to travel from the vaults to the big screen is Howard Hawks' "The Big Sleep" ('46).
Considered by many to be the ultimate film noir masterpiece, appealing to fanatics and casual buffs alike, this Philip Marlowe mystery marked the second pairing of Humphrey Bogart and Laurel Bacall.
And it was a troubled film from the outset.
For a start, Raymond Chandler's source novel was packed with sinister violence and perverted sex, which the Production Code of the 1940s never would allow. Then there was …
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