Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: The Long Goodbye

From: Terrill Lankford ( lankford2000@earthlink.net)
Date: 11 Feb 2007


-----Original Message-----
>From: jimdohertyjr < jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com>
>Sent: Feb 11, 2007 3:45 PM
>To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: The Long Goodbye
>
>Dave,
>
>Re your comment below:
>
>> I haven't seen
>> Altman's comments on Chandler, except as paraphrased here, and if you
>> have a link to them, I'd be interested.
>
>In an interview at the time of the film's initial release, Altman was
>quoted as saying, "I see Marlowe the way Chandler saw him, a loser. But
>a real loser, not the fake winner that Chandler made out of him. A
>loser all the way."
>
>Since Chandler clearly did NOT see Marlowe as a loser, and since Altman
>was almost certainly familiar with how Chandler really did feel about
>his character ("A man fit for adventure . . . He is the hero. He is
>everything."), his comment, particularly in conjunction with the
>completed film, makes his contempt for Chandler's creation quite
>evident.
>
>JIM DOHERTY
>
>

Jim, you're assuming Altman thinks being a loser is a bad thing. If you look at just about any of his films it is pretty clear to see that he sympathizes with the losers over the winners every time.

TL



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