Wednesday, December 31, 2025

“The Long Goodbye”


“The Long Goodbye” (1973) is another great, restored action feature from director Robert Altman, adapting Raymond Chandler's 1953 ‘private eye’ novel, starring Elliott Gould as ‘Philip Marlowe’, with Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin, and Jim Bouton, now streaming for free on Tubi:


“…in 1970’s Hollywood, a decent, chain-smoking detective is cast adrift in a corrupt, selfish, self-obsessed society…


“…where lives can be thrown away without a backward glance and any notions of friendship and loyalty are meaningless…”


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