From the first scene in The Long Goodbye, it’s obvious Robert Altman was on to something with casting Elliot Gould as a character (Philip Marlowe) most famously personified by Humphrey Bogart. It isn’t just Gould not being Bogart and Gould not being a traditional noir detective in any way (Gould’s Marlowe is more concerned with […]
Entries Tagged as 'Sterling Hayden'
The Long Goodbye (1973, Robert Altman)
May 11th, 2007 No Comments
Recommend on MahaloThe Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
April 26th, 2007 No Comments
Talking about The Godfather earnestly has got to be hard. Also talking about it not in relation to its sequel–which happens less and less these days, something I’m going to blame on the sequel discussion scene in Scream 2. It’s stunningly unsurprising. My most profound observations this viewing–and its been ten years or so, since […]
