The Long Goodbye the Movie, IV the Movie?

[Robin Landseadel]

On Dec 10, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Michael Bailey wrote:

> I recently watched The Long Goodbye again and it gets better each  
> time.

"Did you remember the brownie mix?"

Remember as well that Sterling Hayden's portrayal of Roger Wade is the  
movie's center of gravity—in fact, the storylines involving Roger Wade  
are very dark passages in the novel as well. In the novel, Roger Wade  
is murdered, in the movie he commits suicide by walking into the sea— 
we watch him walking into the waves as Mrs. Wade and Marlowe converse  
in the living room, one of the most inspired shots in the movie.