--- William Ahearn <
williamahearn@yahoo.com> wrote:
The same is true of Kiss Me, Deadly where
> Spillane's central premise was scrapped and
the
> story
> retold as a nihilistic detective story. That's
what
> film should do and it's rare when it
happens.
***************************************************** But the
film, KISS ME DEADLY, is an essential "noir" example,
employing, in many cases inventing, essential aspects of the
style. Altman's film, THE LONG GOODBYE, thows all of these
essentials out including the story and leaves us with an
empty dective out of his time in an anti-"noir" atmosphere.
Maybe its an interesting idea, not to me, but I guess to
some. I sure wish he'd used a different detective and a
different title.
Patrick King
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