In his books The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye, novelist Raymond Chandler’s depictions of the sunny mean streets of Los Angeles and his wise-cracking private eye Phillip Marlow became a classic template for Hollywood cinema of the 1940s. Robert Altman gives that format a distinctly 1970s LA groove — complete with pot-smoking-all-women-hippie-commune neighbours — and a Marlow who is a closer relative of Jeff Bridges’ The Dude in The Big Lebowski than Bogart’s in The Big Sleep.
Elliott Gould’s dishevelled PI’s only crime is to try and con his cat into thinking it is getting its favourite brand of food. However, a late-night visit from a Mexico-bound friend leads Marlow into trouble with both the cops and the mob. Unlike Bogart’s always-in-control detective, Gould’s seems to stumble his way to, what turns out to be, an uncomfortable truth.
Screening as part of Out of Their Depth: Corruption, Scandal and Lies in the New Hollywood.
------
YEAR OF CELEBRATION
2024 marks 85 years since our cinema (originally the Cosmo) was built, 50 years since GFT was founded and the 20th edition of Glasgow Film Festival.
Whilst our box office and bar sales only cover around 50% of our annual costs and help keep the film reels rolling, we rely on donations and fundraising to run our education and community activities. We need your help!
Celebrate 50 years of GFT by donating £50 at checkout. A £50 donation also secures your seat at our special January screening. Find out more or donate HERE. Your contribution matters.The Long Goodbye showing at: August 5, 8:20 pm
The Long Goodbye
Location: Glasgow Film TheatreBox Office opens 30 minutes before first screening, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow,, G3 6RB9