Brad Rosenstein on Dashiell Hammett

Curator/writer Brad Rosenstein took us down the foggy mean streets of Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco, exploring how the city and the writer combined to shape each other’s myths and produce some iconic American fiction - and some classic movies as well. Rosenstein, whose last presentation here focused on Ernest Hemingway, is developing an enthusiastic following for his unique, multi-media programs on larger-than-life cultural figures.

[@lindaatamian1092]

Thank you Brad Rosenstein for a dramatic and often poignant documentary. Your presentation and knowledge is truly reflective of the man's incredible talent.

[@AB-kg6rk]

Very enlighten8nvg

[@davidbalducci4312]

This is excellent! Thank you.

[@arbutus27]

Just terrific. Thank you so much.

[@James_Bowie]

Great presentation. Note to the hosts: bring the house lights up at question time.

[@nancybingham7298]

terrific - thanks

[@freelancer9955]

Д. Хэммет начал широко издаваться в СССР с 1987-1988 годов, когда вышли большими тиражами его "Мальтийский сокол" и "Стекляныйключ". В 1988 году на экраны СССР вышло сверхпопулярное "Собачье сердце" М.А.Булгакова. Роман "Шпион, который вернулся с холода" Д.Ле Карре в СССР был издан в 1990 году в журнале "Огонёк."

[@mr1234567899111]

Thank you...

[@bk1147]

Raymond Chandler???

[@jatrius]

A "Tony location" ?? What does this mean, please?

[@Obladgolated]

"Tony" is an old-fashioned term for "fancy," or "swanky."

[@jatrius]

@@Obladgolated Thanks for that.

[@piushalg8175]

Honestly, I am quite puzzled by the fact that this man obviously felt the need of embroidering his life to a rather large extent.. must have had a difficult relationship with truth or reality. Was it self deception or the need to decieve other persons or both? And to be drawn to marxism (or communism) which claims to hold the truth about humans and human history as a whole is even more puzzling. But after all humans are very strange or paradoxical beings.

[@doreekaplan2589]

Pinkertons 'settled' strikes by killing workers

[@garryferrington811]

That's why the agency was created. To infiltrate and destroy any attempts at unionization. They used every dirty trick.

[@heenanyou]

Why take it upon yourself to "Americanize" his name? Why not pronounce it properly? As you explained, he himself pronounced it "DaSHEEL".

[@keithstump1712]

How can you mispronounce the name of your subject?? It's Da-SHEEL! Alleged fans should know better!

[@francisburns281]

How can you miss he explains that at the very start? Alleged fans would have listening comprehension skills.

[@keithstump1712]

​@@francisburns281It is consistently mispronounced throughout.

[@rwffolkes3039]

I was a Boston Pinkerton dick who smoked Turkish cigarettes. Read Hammet whilst on a second Pinkerton job in New Mexico. Amazing coincidences. Am a writer now but on a totally different subject. Learned to dislike the genre...

[@cristianmicu]

youre a writer but you LEARNED to dislike the genre and posting this on this video, what an amazing coincidence ideed, in other words, why u comment this here?, you got attention tho, at least from me. thats what you needed, some attention from anybody, congrats

[@tinsolder9929]

Terrible