>The film (which I didn't think was half-bad,
actually,
>and I rather like Caan, though I do agree that
Newman
>would've been better) made Marlowe at least 15
years
>older than he was in the book, and the Linda figure
at
>least 10 years younger.
>JIM DOHERTY
This is like choosing champagne or caviar - I'm all about
Paul Newman, but Caan is one of the Great Ones in his own
right. Granted, Newman is closer to what I think of as
Marlowe but I'd like to see Caan in the role. is the film
available anywhere?
Even as a veteran, Caan's gives off this sense of tightly
wound internal energy where you never quite kEven as a young
man, there was always a sense of leisure about Newman; one
reason his characters are so fun to watch is that even when
you know what they're going to do, they take their own sweet
time getting there. Different styles, great results.
As for Marlowe's age in the movie, this is the sort of story
that just cries out for a "veteran" actor and of course most
male leads are just getting started at 40. I mean, George
Clooney and Tom Cruise are 40 or thereabouts, it would be
hard to buy either of them as an "aging" Marlowe.
carrie
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