tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post8738855869969607454..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: FFB/MS: THE LONG GOODBYE, a 1972 draft of the screenplay by Leigh Brackett; BRASS KNUCKLES by Stuart Dybek (University of Pittsburgh, 1979)Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-42871620201541026282017-01-07T15:59:26.586-05:002017-01-07T15:59:26.586-05:00Love that the movie's ad was in the form of a ...Love that the movie's ad was in the form of a Mad Magazine parody.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-20236301704901838712017-01-06T17:02:26.055-05:002017-01-06T17:02:26.055-05:00Utterly awesome Todd.Utterly awesome Todd.Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)https://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-1102981125948339822017-01-06T16:53:41.120-05:002017-01-06T16:53:41.120-05:00As George pointed out, some people love the movie ...As George pointed out, some people love the movie version, some hate it. Since this is my favorite novel--I've read it six times (so far)--and I wanted to throttle Robert Altman after I saw it, you can guess which camp I'm a member of.<br /><br />I remember reading somewhere that the film came about because Altman wanted to do a spoof of the hardboiled private eye story. That's fine, but The Long Goodbye is the wrong source because it melds the mainstream novel with the detective story. (Many a reader, reviewer and critic has said it "transcends the genre," to employ one of those phrases some like and some despise.) If Altman wanted to use Chandler for source material, he should have selected one of the earlier novels, which were far more representative of the hardboiled private eye school. The film versions of The High Window and The Lady in the Lake, for instance, were both pathetic, so a spoof of either couldn't have been any worse.<br /><br />Because some of Leigh Brackett's own private eye stories showed a distinct Chandler influence, I was unpleasantly surprised at the approach she took with the screenplay. Of course, I suspect that there was a lot of Altman's perspective in the disaster that was ultimately released.<br /><br />Tsk, tsk! This from the director of the great "M*A*S*H," which I saw five times in movies theaters when it was first released because I loved it. (And yes, Elliott Gould was as excellent in it as he was dismal as Marlowe.) Barry Erganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04305184548497082776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-17484024213866613332017-01-06T16:02:40.633-05:002017-01-06T16:02:40.633-05:00THE LONG GOODBYE is a quirky movie. Some people l...THE LONG GOODBYE is a quirky movie. Some people love it, some hate it. As a Leigh Brackett fan, I'm interested in the draft of the screenplay.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-80438171294869182222017-01-06T12:38:25.180-05:002017-01-06T12:38:25.180-05:00But pretty good, I'll aver, for this film'...But pretty good, I'll aver, for this film's Marlowe...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-54604824633039403842017-01-06T12:27:51.415-05:002017-01-06T12:27:51.415-05:00Todd – Thanks for the link to Brackett. Years ago,...Todd – Thanks for the link to Brackett. Years ago, I watched THE LONG GOODBYE and thought it was a mess due to the casting. Gould, who was great in comedies like BOB AND CAROL AND TED AND ALICE, was wrong for Marlowe.Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.com