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The Long Goodbye (1973)This is a very stylish and sexy thriller. The title will probably ring a bell from a number of 100-best compilatiions because it's a real classic. Goodbye is highly evocative of a kind of laid-back west-coast 60s/70s fantasy-world that makes you nostalgic even if you weren't there. Elliott Gould plays Philip Marlowe, a chain-smoking private investigator who lives with his cat in an apartment overlooking most of San Francisco and a bevvy of hot hippy chicks. Doing a favour for an old friend, then what seems like a "routine" missing husband case, he gets drawn into a complex web of murder, missing money, betrayal, violence and gangsters. The couple who lose each other consist of a well-played but unspectacular Elileen Wade and her eccentric and alcoholic husband Roger. Adapted from a novel by Raymond Chandler, the movie is big on atmosphere and gritty characters. It's well-paced, with a good few light moments to balance the many dark ones. The locations vary between interesting and spectacular, especially the Wade's beachside house.
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