Jim Beaver (JUMBLEJIM@prodigy.net)
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 10:03:42 -0800
>
> On the subject of Marlowe, can anyone here offer any
pointers to
> secondary reading on Marlowe and LA?
> The kind of idea being pursued is: How crucial is
the location (LA) to
> the character of Marlowe? What happens to Marlowe
when he's *removed*
> from LA as, for eg, in the film of _The Big Sleep_
that transposes the
> action to Buckinghamshire [or somewhere like that]
in the English
> countryside
I recently read Al Clark's "Raymond Chandler in Hollywood"
which addresses some of these questions in an overview of
Chandler's work as filmed. It's a nicely written book, and I
found it much more informative and substantive than I had
thought upon first glance.
Jim Beaver
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