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 Leigh Brackett, 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.

Listen/Download Now:

Listen to "Episode 392: The Long Goodbye (1973)" on Spreaker.

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

Watch:

Episode 390: Murder My Sweet (1944)

Special Guest: Tom Williams
Guest Co-Hosts: Terry Frost, Eric Cohen

We continue our #Noirvember2018 coverage with the first in a trio of Raymond Chandler adaptations -- Edward Dymytrk’s Murder My Sweet (1944). Based on the second of Chandler's Philip Marlowe novels, Farewell My Lovely, the film stars Dick Powell "as you've never seen him before."

Terry Frost and Eric Cohen join Mike to discuss the 1944 film and the 1976 adaptation. Tom Williams, the author of A Mysterious Something in the Light; the Life of Raymond Chandler, provides insight on Chandler's career in and out of Hollywood.

Listen/Download Now:

Listen to "Episode 390: Murder My Sweet (1944)" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy Murder My Sweet on Blu-Ray
Buy Farewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
Buy Farewell My Lovely on DVD
Read about Only To Sleep by Lawrence Osborne

Music:
"Farewell My Lovely" - Yeong-Wook Jo

Links:
Buy Raymond Chandler and Film by William Luhr

Watch: