I certainly have to agree wholeheartedly with you there. I loved the old 'The
Spirit' '40s comic strip and am still recovering from how Miller missed not only
the bullseye but the entire essentaiily light hearted target with his cinematic
interpretation of that one. Actually there was talk of Frank Miller directing
'Trouble is My Business', a Chandler short story which didn't even have Marlowe
in it but now would for Miller's purposes. That movie probably would have
turned out as some sort of over-the-top 'Sin City' Mickey Spillane rather than
Marlowe. Subtle Miller ain't.
As for 'Gone with the Wind' being better known nowadays than 'The Big Sleep',
true, though I wish it were otherwise. 'Gone with the Wind', to risk another
bold statement, is possibly the most irritating famous and revered movie ever:
'Dallas', but without the comedy or the oil wells.
Patrick
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From: Kevin Burton Smith <kvnsmith@thrillingdetective.com>
To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 6 September, 2010 20:28:56
Subject: RARA-AVIS: Bold Statements Challenged
Just keep Frank Miller away from it. And anyone who only "knows" Chandler from
film or TV adaptations.
Kevin Burton Smith
Editor/Founder
The Thrilling Detective Web Site
"Wasting your time on the web since 1998."
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