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The Long Goodbye is a 1973 American satirical neo-noir film directed by Robert Altman, adapted by Leigh Brackett from Raymond Chandler's 1953 novel of the same name. The film stars Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe along with Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin, and Jim Bouton, and has an early, uncredited appearance by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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To describe a film as an “exercise in style” is to acknowledge that its creators prioritised aesthetic innovation and tonal experimentation over narrative coherence or thematic depth. Such works often divide audiences, dismissed as indulgent or hollow by some, yet celebrated by critics and cinephiles for their audacious formal daring. Robert Altman’s *The Long Goodbye* (1973), a freewheeling reinterpretation of Raym…More
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Many love the stories of Chandler. I'm one of them, brought to him through the adaptations stumbled upon in my early days of true film diving, once Tommy Boy, Tombstone, Bad Boys, Swingers, Bottle Rocket and others stabilized themselves as "classics" to me, and I turned into the true history of film, which would continue as a journey of discovery to this day and beyond. As I have touched on before, film noir made a…More
Robert Altman, Raymond Chandler, Elliott Gould. Philip Marlowe in a Robert Altman world is next level. On the all time favorites list. Enough said.More