I like Robert Altman more and more with every film of his and will be discussing several of his films on this blog. But today I will focus on my favorite Altman film The Long Goodbye.
I love this film for many reasons, but the one aspect of it that I loved the most was the performance of Elliott Gould as detective Marlow a private eye who gets in over his head when he tries to clear his friends name when he is accused of murdering his wife.
Gould's portrayal of Marlow is entertaining to say the least. He is a likable smart-ass with a witty comeback for almost everything.
The film's score is fantastic in its repetition of the title song "The Long Goodbye" a tune which even appears in the form of a doorbell ring. In fact all but one song in the film are just different arrangements of the same song. Repetition doesn't stop with the music as Gould smokes a cigarette in almost every scene that he is in.
The Long Goodbye is an entertaining film that has a lot of interesting things going for it, especially if you look the film up after seeing it. It is reminiscent of The Bog Lebowski as well so any Lebowski fan should check this film out.
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