In a message dated 1/31/07 6:22:26 AM,
duane1spur@yahoo.com writes:
> I think Chandler and Altman were alike in
using Marlowe to explore how
> screwed up Californians are.
>
a big part of what makes Chandler unique is his sense of Los
Angeles as a character. this absolutely comes across in
Altman's film. it is not the underbelly of Los Angeles of the
30s - 50s. but it is without question the dark side of the
dream L.A. was in that particular moment in time
and just as Miller's Crossing is their take on Hammett and
Blood Simple their paen to James M. Cain, one of the most
Chandlerian films ever made is the Coen Bros homage to the
author- The Big Lebowski
John Lau
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