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DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net"
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net wrote:
<< TL wrote (and then ducked and covered):
"Some of those scenes seem to be less about character and
story and more about Chandler's inability to fit in with
modern society. And that's not necessarily a
criticism."
. . . Later, I went back to it as an Altman film and decided
it was good as that, even if it had little to do with
Chandler. However, over the years I've come to see that their
outlooks were not really that far apart. Both are fascinated
by outsiders who do not fit, or no longer fit, in their
worlds and how they deal with it.
>>
I think Chandler and Altman were alike in using
Marlowe to explore how screwed up Californians are.
- Duane Spurlock
(ducking and covering, too)
New at The Pulp Rack: "Manly Wade Wellman's
Sergeant Jaeger Stories" (which, believe it or not, opens
with references to Black Mask and Hammett) at this URL:
http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/01/manly_wade_well.html
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