In a message dated 12/6/07 2:06:27 PM,
abrasax93@yahoo.com writes:
> 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.
>
Chandler's concept is of a tarnished knight, tilting at
windmills, out of his time. he was always intended to be an
anachronism and a bit of a failure. Altman's take, in its
time, is no less the same concept
John Lau
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