We are about to unfold the story of Frankenstein, a man of science who sought to create a man after his own image without reckoning upon God.He notices her legs after she descends the stairs.Capriciously, she tells him:Carmen: You""re not very tall, are you?Marlowe: Well, I, uh, I try to be.Carmen: Not bad looking.Oh you probably know it.(while twirling and biting a lock of her hair)Marlowe: Thank you.Carmen: What""s your name?Marlowe: Reilly.Doghouse Reilly.Carmen: That""s a funny kind of name.Marlowe: You think so.Carmen: Uh, uh.What are you? A prizefighter?Marlowe: No, I""m a shamus.Carmen: What""s a shamus?Marlowe: It""s a private detective.Carmen: You""re making fun of me.Marlowe: Uh, uh.Carmen (she leans back and falls into his arms, throwing herself at him): You""re cute.Marlowe tells the butler Norris (Charles Brown): "You ought to wean her, she""s old enough." In the humid, hot greenhouse filled with orchids, Sternwood is introduced to Marlowe.[Carmen could accurately be described as a ""hothouse orchid"" herself.] He permits Marlowe to drink and smoke:Sternwood: How do you like your brandy, sir?Marlowe: In a glass.Rather than traveling westward on horses as the frontiersmen did, the two modern-day cowboys - long-haired bikers - travel eastward from Los Angeles - the end of the traditional frontier - on decorated Harley-Davidson choppers on an epic journey into the unknown for the ""American dream"".The film was criticized for its preposterous, illogical situation and factual impossibilities that wouldn""t occur in real life.However, Ross was under intense surveillance by the CIA as he took a taxi to the station, although Bourne cleverly instructed him how to avoid being tracked.