The Long Goodbye

In his reinterpretation of classic film noir, Altman transports the iconic private detective Philip Marlowe to Los Angeles in the 1970s.
Because he fulfils a small favour for his friend, Marlowe is first targeted by the police, then sinister underworld figures set their sights on him. And he becomes increasingly entangled in a web of betrayal and corruption ...

‘‘I love her, and I don't even like you!’, says the evil little gangster threateningly to Elliott Gould after he has smashed a Coke bottle in the face of his pretty model girlfriend without warning to demonstrate his toughness. It is in the most abysmal cynicism that Americans are usually at their most emotional, because it still hides the most moving form of their longing for honesty.’ (Dominik Graf)
(Florian Widegger)