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The Long Goodbye (1973)

maybe my favourite Robert Altman movie - based on a Raymond Chandler book, Elliot Gould plays legendary PI Phillip Marlowe as he lounges around 70s California looking for the answers (and his cat). Impeccable character and plot writing that tastefully unfolds itself at a medium pace. Absolutely must watch for fans of Inherent Vice.

@orsonwellesbutrin

Sep 26, 2024

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@joe_m_miller

I just saw this for the first time a few days back! The pacing is really good

Sep 26, 2024

@orsonwellesbutrin

joe_m_miller nice. i watched it for the second time recently - while watching the acting and sets really stuck out but the thing that’s lingered is the pacing. it just feels so well put together, avoiding over-explanatory foreshadowing and confusing hidden hints. it really feels like the mystery in the plot is just why things are happening, not the whole reason for things happening (if that makes sense). Like, comparing it to Presumed Innocent (2024) which is obsessed with its own puzzle, Long Goodbye is more obsessed with making the vibe at the puzzle table immaculate.

Sep 26, 2024

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The long goodbye (1973)

Die hard fan of this movie. Gould’s absurdist take on private eye Philip Marlowe is infinitely rewatchable. You could make a drinking game out of keeping tabs on the number of matches he strikes to pound cigs.
Also I’ve never seen a more realistic representation of a single dude with a cat

@thurston_less

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I watched it sometime last week. It’s been eating at me ever since. Elliot Gould walks through a feverishly shot world with a cool that permeates in my head. With dialogue that is messy and mesmerising and characters that walk the line of plausibility and absurdity, Altman's LA is hedonistic dream. Him and Gould make being an out of place loser a lot cooler than it is.

@actuallycretin

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THE LONG GOODBYE

peak LA grit, street lights at night, smoke, smudged windows, obscured views, muted dialogue, sketchy, druggy, goofy, cool elliott goul, robert altman, 70s bizarro chic