Chandleresque – Raymond Chandler on the Screen

Just over 50 years after his death, legendary American crime scribe Raymond Chandler remains a profound influence on crime fiction and crime movies. Not only were all of his novels adapted for the screen, but Chandler himself became a screenwriter of note, working with Billy Wilder on 1944’s Double Indemnity and with Alfred Hitchcock on Strangers on a Train.

Adrian Wootton’s lecture gives insights into the development of Chandler’s writing and his fascination with the crime genre.