Variety
An uneven mixture of insider satire on the gumshow film genre, gratuitous brutality, and sledgehammer whimsy.
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The Long Goodbye
Elliott Gould is private eye Philip Marlowe in Robert Altman's wry, neo-noir adaptation of Raymond Chandler. Altman updates the '50s Hollywood of Chandler's novel to the 1970s.
1973Rating: R18112 minsUSA
DramaMysteryThrillerClassic
- Director:
- Robert Altman ('The Player', 'MASH', 'Gosford Park', 'Nashville', 'McCabe & Mrs. Miller')
- Writer:
- Leigh Brackett
- Cast:
- Elliott GouldNina Van PallandtSterling HaydenMark RydellHenry GibsonDavid ArkinArnold SchwarzeneggerJim Bouton
The Long Goodbye / Reviews
Time Out
Shot in gloriously steely colours by Vilmos Zsigmond with a continually moving camera, wondrously scripted by Leigh Brackett (who worked on The Big Sleep), and superbly acted all round, it's one of the finest movies of the '70s.
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BBC
As much a crisp comment on contemporary LA (and its full-on egotism) as a tale delineating Marlowe's crime-busting pursuits.
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