I agree with John Lau, especially that thre TV beating
started during the early days of TV series.
But, hey! the genre, as novels, was already
beaten to death during the 50s ad 60s.
On the other hand, I do not think Altman tried to
kill the genre.
The script tried to create a Marlowe living in
the modern time, not a clone. Shocking for Chandler fans like
us, but it carries most of the same values and attitudes
Chandler had used to create Marlowe.
I saw thefilm at the time of first release, and I
was shocked... because in fact we were expecting a copy of
what is in Chandler's books and directly rooted in the films
noirs of the 4Os and 50s; all things Altman did not with his
film.
A few years later, I rediscovered this film on a
second and third "revisit", and found by myself his hidden
richness and intricated construction. To the point that I
consider it as a classic of the genre. It's more Altman than
Chandler, I agree with this, but Chandler is there, in the
deep soul of the film.
I stil discover new things in this film each time
I watch it.
E.Borgers
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BaxDeal@aol.com a 飲it :
> "The Long Goodbye" might have been a success at what
Altman was
> attempting to do (kill the PI film), but by pretty
much any other benchmark, it's a
> failure.
>
what killed the PI film was television beating the genre to
death, which it is now doing to police procedurals
John Lau
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