Yes, of those claiming to represent Chandler's estate, Helga Greene was perhaps
the last to care or even know enough about his writing to see that his
legacy wasn't abused. The 'estate' has made many mistakes in its duties, one of
which was its choice of Robert B Parker to complete 'The Poodle Springs Story',
another in allowing James Caan to play Philip Marlowe (one 'l' and an 'e' at the
end) in the HBO adaptation of it. Caan was too old and stiff in his playing and
the actress playing Marlowe's wife carelessly too young. They even had to
insert a running gag about the disparity of their ages in Tom Stoppard's script
- and for some reason not call the character Linda Loring at all. They then
moved the action forward in time to the 'Sixties so that they could include a
subplot about Mafia involvement in the JFK assassination...
So, someone here mentioned that actually, we, the fans, are the true caretakers
of Chandler's estate. I think maybe they were right.
Patrick
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From: Patrick King <abrasax93@yahoo.com>
To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 19 September, 2010 16:25:51
Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: The Long Goodbye
Chandler's "estate"? Who's Chandler's estate? One of his mistresses
grandchildren? What the hell would they know about the "proper representation"
of Phillip Marlow?
Patrick King
--- On Thu, 9/16/10, Eric Chambers <nqexile@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
From: Eric Chambers <nqexile@yahoo.com.au>
Subject: RARA-AVIS: The Long Goodbye
To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, September 16, 2010, 4:38 AM
"Kevin Burton Smith"
kvnsmith@thrillingdetective.com wrote:-
"And they gripe about Altman's film being unfaithful to the character."
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Can I please contribute this interview with Elliot Gould to this perennial
debate?
http://thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.com/2009/05/long-goodbye-elliott-gould-remembers.html
note this quote:-
"The Chandler estate is supporting it. Because I played Marlowe once, I have
their approval to play him again. They regard The Long Goodbye as the only film
that properly represents Chandler, aside from the original films with Humphrey
Bogart."
Is this correct?
Let the posts begin!
Eric
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