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I'll take this a little more seriously than some here. My nomination is the 1947 film "Lady in the Lake," based on the Phillip Marlowe novel by Raymond Chandler.




Great source material, so what could go wrong. Robert Montgomery was a horrible choice for Phillip Marlowe, but that's not really the problem.

It was also Montgomery's directorial debut and he wanted to make a splash. He wanted to create a cinematic version of the first person narrative style of the book. So the entire film is shot from the viewpoint of Marlowe.

What this means is that the camera view is from his eyes. You can only see what he would see. Only see what he does like reaching for a doorknob, bringing a cigarette up to take a puff, throwing a punch etc. During the story the only time you see his face is when he walks in front of a mirror.

Give him an A for being experimental, but it makes a horrible movie experience.