Film noir is notoriously known to contain mysterious elements that create an extremely convoluted plot and Huston made no exceptions to this notion in The Maltese Falcon. However, most screenplay writers and directors incorporate the use of internal monologue and narration to add a personal element to the story that allows the audience to connect with the characters, thus decreasing the complexity of the film. Huston approaches narrative styles very differently in his take on film noir. Instead of utilizing narrative styles that would provide the audience with a subjective point of view, Huston opts for a third person objective point of view in which everything that the audience hears comes straight from the dialogue between characters. This