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November 27, 2018

Episode 392: The Long Goodbye (1973)

Special Guest: Elliott Gould
Guest Co-Hosts: Terry Frost, Eric Cohen

We wrap up #Noirvember and our Philip Marlowe journey for the year with Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973). Adapted by , one of the two main writers from Howard Hawks’s The Big Sleep, the film stars Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe, a man now out of time with the world.

Eric Cohen and Terry Frost join Mike to discuss Philip Marlowe's place in the now and the Japanese mini-series of The Long Goodbye.

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Links:
Buy The Long Goodbye on Blu-Ray
Buy The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
Hear more about Jim Bouton's Ball Four
Read ‘The Long Goodbye’: Robert Altman and Leigh Brackett’s Unique and Fascinating Take on Chandler and Film Noir

Music:
"The Long Goodbye" - Poisonville
"The Long Goodbye" - Jack Sheldon

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1 comment:

  1. Great podcast, loved the interview especially. I thought the Rockford Files is as you say somewhat similar too, two dysfunctional single PIs!

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