Richard Moore wrote:
I agree with this opinion. Garner would have been a fine
Marlowe but this movie did not retain much of the Marlowe
flavor for me even though it followed the original plot. My
opinion might be influenced by the fact that I first saw this
film in Vietnam, shown on an outdoor screen to a bunch of us
GIs. As the movie went along it began to seem rather surreal.
Conversations began to buzz asking others in the audience for
explanations and eventually guys began shouting at the
screen. Now shouting at the screen was not in itself unusual
but in this case the shouts were "What the hell!!! Is it just
me or has this thing gone weird?" Of course most members of
the audience were partaking of various liquid refreshments or
abusing non-liquid substances. As I had commented on having
read the book I was called on to explain the course of events
which proved very difficult. In the sober light of the next
day I realized that the stoned GI running the projector had,
following the first reel, slapped on the others in random
order turning a routine drama into an avantgarde
experience.
******** Great story, Richard. Loved it.
miker
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