I can't picture Neeson as Phillip Marlowe but I hope it works and they can reproduce the Bogart/Powell era atmosphere.
shareWell that seems unlikely but it could still work.
shareor the Robert Mitchum one.
shareDespite being a huge fan of Bogart, who nailed the role in The Big Sleep, I believe that Dick Powell, of all people, was the best screen Marlowe of all of them. Before watching Murder, My Sweet, I assumed it was going to be lousy, because there was no way Powell, who I only knew as "the juvenile" in musicals and from comedic roles, could ever pull off a character like Marlowe. How wrong I was.
shareBest Marlowe IMO was Powers Boothe in the HBO series. But the scripts wrre weak
shareThat was a great series. I don’t think the scripts were weak at all. They were short stories or novellas by Chandler. Red Wind is one of my favorites - “There was desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch.”
I also loved The King in Yellow. Anyone know where you can stream these?
Season 2 is available on Amazon Prime.
I bought the entire series on DVD a few years back. IMO the heavily adapted stories don't holdup; Boothe's performance does
Agreed that Powell was good
shareAlan Ladd in The Blue Dahlia was really good. It isn’t Marlowe but it was written by Chandler. I still like best Bogart as Marlowe and as Sam Spade. I’ve watched both The Big Sleep and Hammett’s Maltese Falcon a million times. I didn’t realize Dick Powell was before Bogart. I think people forgot Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye with Elliott Gould. It was a very good movie in the 70s. Gould also does the audiobooks. I think Neeson will be great as Marlowe especially next to Diane Kruger.
shareor the James Garner on with Bruce Lee
shareI'd bet against it. They never can do this right. Neeson is not a character for that time.
shareI think he would have been a good choice for Marlow once - might be a bit old now. But I've just realised Neil Jordan is the director so that makes it a little more interesting.
shareIf you mean film can't get Marlowe right, then we agree. The Big Sleep is great, but it's not Marlowe. Tho I say Powers Booth captured the essence in the HBO series from the 80's. However, the scripts were weak.
shareNo, this looks good. Thanks for letting us know. I love everything Raymond Chandler and although this isn’t - it’s based on a book called The Black-Eyed Blonde by renown author John Banville, under Benjamin Black. Kruger is amazing. Neil Jordan is amazing and Neeson can be if he’s given good material and quit remaking other movies already made in Europe that were already great. This will be LA in the 50s. We have to wait until December. I will see if the book is any good. Love stuff like this.
shareJust about every movie ever made could have been amazing ... yet the vast majority of them are awful.
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