Mark wrote:
>I've got to agree with Jim here. As much as I like
Harvey Keitel, I
>cannot see him as Marlowe (possibly Hammer). He's not
nearly urbane
>enough.
I can't see him either. My favourite Marlowe is still Dick
Powell, who brought a certain class and wit and intelligence
to the role. Bogey played him more as a glib conniver on the
make, closer to Sam Spade than Marlowe. Mitchum was better
than Bogey, though he was about 400 years late to play
him.
Who could play Marlowe? That's a toughie. Based on acting
alone, maybe a Johnny Depp or Ben Affleck or Elias Koteas
could pull it off
(provided they eat a little red meat first). Thing is, in the
books, or at least the early ones, Marlowe comes off as a
young smartass, cynical before his time, not a grouchy
middle-aged man. The problem with casting Keitel, Ford,
DeNiro, Willis or whoever (or even Mitchum at the time) was
that all these guys would come off as grumpy older men.
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