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The Scroll

No. 69: The Long Goodbye

A freewheeling anthem to freedom

By Matthew Fishbane|December 6, 2011|2comments
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No. 68: Tootsie → ← No. 70: The Great Dictator

1973, dir. Robert Altman. By casting Elliott Gould’s curls and clumpy features as Marlowe, Robert Altman liberally transmigrated Raymond Chandler into Seventies-land, where Arnold Schwarzenegger played minor thugs. Gould’s Marlowe is a cynical, give-a-shit, wise-ass—and he gets the girl (Nina Van Pallandt): a tough with no tribal ties, free in free California. Also, true story, Gould once changed a light bulb over Groucho Marx’s bed. How cool is that?
No. 68: Tootsie → ← No. 70: The Great Dictator
  • Adam

    Editors: Gould does NOT get the girl in this movie.

  • Margaret Reines

    One of my favourite movies – Marlowe- Elliot Gould as the consummate mumbler-he surely out-mumbles anyone else in cinema history. Chief gangster Mark Rydell says “Harry – Your father was a mohel – Cut it.” (of Marlowe).
    Watch out for the title tune (‘The Long Goodbye.’) It shows up in some weird places.

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No. 69: The Long Goodbye

A freewheeling anthem to freedom