In the Long Goodbye, Gould is absurdly and egotistically
miscast. He was at his best in American History X, a great
modern noir film.
Patrick King
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scatalogic@aol.com wrote:
> Shameful though it is to admit I had reached my
36th
> year without watching
> Altman's The Long Goodbye that was put right
last
> night - thanks to the BBC
> who showed the film as part of their
California
> Dreaming season (I don't know
> how far the BEEB now has made inroads into
American
> broadcasting, but I would
> reccomend any of the programmes in this series
to
> list members. Also shown
> last night was PJ O'Rourke's The Man in the
Mansion,
> a survey of Californian
> politics, specifically the man they call
The
> Governor - most entertaining.)
>
> Has anyone else updated classic hardboiled/noir?
I
> would certainly love to
> see The Continental Op operating today and many
of
> Jim Thompson's characters
> would be much more at home in today's
world.
>
> I enjoyed the movie, though I must admit I
didn't
> really think Elliot Gould
> was Phillip Marlowe and the film was more
Robert
> Altman than Raymond Chandler.
> I haven't studied the film or criticism of it
at
> all and assume (I'd love
> to know from them that was there) it
caused
> something of an outcry from
> Chandler fans when it came out.
>
> Does anyone know how far the dialogue was
improvised
> and how far it was
> scripted by Leigh Brackett?
>
> Whoops, this is film, so off topic I
guess.
>
> Nonetheless, happy Freeday to you all,
>
> Colin.
>
> Join my Church:
> www.myspace.com/thereverendspadgedooley
>
>
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>
>
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