TL wrote:
"There is no right or wrong when determining whether you
enjoy or dislike something that your fellow man feels the
opposite about. There is only opinion. And as they say,
'Opinions are like asses. Everyone has got one.'"
As Tad Allagash said in Bright Lights Big City: Taste, after
all, is a matter of taste.
"Well, the war I predicted weeks ago came to pass. It is
amazing how polarizing this movie is. Could it be THE MOST
CONTROVERSIAL FILM IN THE P.I. GENRE?"
Certainly is here. Not even Kiss Me Deadly inspires this
heat, an earlier movie that took great liberties with a
popular book and PI hero. In fact, I can't remember anyone
having a problem with it except Spillane himself.
"Someone made a very good point a few days ago - it might
have been offlist to me - that NIGHT MOVES deconstructs the
PI genre in a similar fashion, but does not draw the heat
that THE LONG GOODBYE generates because there is not a
beloved book and author at the foundation."
There is a novel, but it was probably a novelization, even
though the cover says: "Now a powerful and provocative film .
. ." On the back cover, it says, "See the Film, Read the
Novel." However, this movie tie-in paperback is its first
printing, so I'm guessing the screenplay came first. Both are
by Alan Sharp.
There were a number of good movie deconstructions of the PI
in the '70s: Long Goodbye, Night Moves, Chinatown. When did
Robert Benton's Late Show come out?
Mark
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