Dashiell Hammett, vida de un personaje de cine negro

Abstract

Análisis de la biografía de Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), sus inicios como detective privado, su labor posterior como novelista y guionista, su relación con la escritora Lillian Hellman, su afiliación al Partido Comunista de los Estados Unidos de América y sus problemas con el Comité de Actividades Antiamericanas (HUAC), a través de las películas Julia (1977, Fred Zinnemann), Hammett (1982, Wim Wenders) y de los telefilmes The Case of Dashiell Hammett (1982, Stephen Talbot), Citizen Cohn (1992, Frank Pierson) y Dash & Lilly (1999, Kathy Bates).

Revision of Dashiell Hammett's biography (1894-1961), that is, his first steps as a private detective, his later work as a novelist and scriptwriter, his relationship with the writer Lillian Hellman and his affiliation to the American Communist party together with his troubles with the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA); all of it analysed through the films Julia (1977, Fred Zinnemann), Hammett (1982, Wim Wenders) and the television films The Case of Dashiell Hammett (1982, Stephen Talbot), Citizen Cohn (1992, Frank Pierson) and Dash & Lilly (1999, Kathy Bates).