NP but a little Chandler tidbit

[Thomas Beshear]

Has anyone watched The Long Goodbye, Robert Altman's film of the Chandler 
novel, starring Elliott Gould? It's set in early '70s southern California --  
Gould's Marlowe comes across as stoned (though he incessantly smokes 
cigarettes, not pot), and there's a general hippie vibe.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Landseadel" <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: NP but a little Chandler tidbit


> Wow!
>
> Like Television rays working backwards in time, man . . .
>
> Seriously, James Gardner as Marlowe is like, sooooo Doc.
>
> Of course, Chandler as Camp Vamp is totally irresistible. Just ask  Nick 
> Danger.
>
> On Sep 30, 2010, at 8:30 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:
>
>> Watched the 1969 Marlowe based on Chandler's The Little Sister, in  which
>> Garner acts, because of the influence of Inherent Vice [see Borges  and 
>> Robin on
>> this notion], more like Doc Sportello with no pot than
>> Bogie ever does---lighter....because Bogie IS more like Marlowe, I
>> suggest.....................
>>
>> But, very misc.....there is a "Doc" from early in the  movie.......hotel 
>> guy
>> calls him--"Doc?"---when Marlowe starts
>> grilling him.
>>
>> Movie works as camp vamp now, of Chandler, of the sixties [sic. NOT  the 
>> real
>> book time] imho...
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>