Any Raymond Chandler fans out there?

[Zomby Woof]

I am enjoying my Library of America volume of later works and letters, including some of his timeless essays on the realities of Hollywood and its treatment of writers. This collection is solid. It contains "The Lady In The Lake", a modern L.A. noir reweaving of Arthurian legend, and the screenplay for "Double Indemnity". Pulp detective stories? Sure. But that is not mutually exclusive with damn enjoyable yarns and a facility with words to match.

[thebigidea]

1. fantastic stuff

I really love writing with the "Phillip Marlowe" radio series on in the background - hours and hours of it for free online.

Not only does it make me miss California, it makes me miss a California that doesn't actually exist.

[Zomby Woof]

3. I will need to check that out!

Thanks!

[XanaDUer]

2. I like the movie adaptations

Didn't Faulkner work on one or two of the screen plays?

:hi:

[Zomby Woof]

4. yep!

Ever see "Barton Fink" by the Coen brothers? The Mayhew character played by John Mahoney was based on Faulkner's Hollywood era. :hi:

[XanaDUer]

6. No, but I will rent it.

Thanks!

:hi: back at ya!

[AngryYoungMan]

5. I always preferred Dashiel Hammett.

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[flamingyouth]

7. I'm a fan and I'll have to check out that volume n/t

[harrison]

8. Just finished Farewell My Lovely tonight. Man, the things you can

discuss on DU.

[IconoclastIlene]

9. Farewell my lovely; the move; mitchum and rampling

great, great flick.

[LoZoccolo]

10. /The Big Lebowski/ takes stuff from the Phillip Marlowe stories.

And the books are a little bit funny if you read them after seeing the movie - you're like "this must be where they got the part when ____ happens to The Dude".

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

11. I read "The Lady in the Lake" and "The High Window" recently

and have "The Big Sleep" and "Farewell My Lovely" on hand to read now. I also got a book of Hammett novels. I love the dialogue and the atmosphere. I am crazy about the interior design and architecture of that era, so it's fun to hear his detailed descriptions.

I am also relating a lot to his social commentary about corruption and his characterizations of people. Seems very relevant now! Marlowe is a great character.

[Zomby Woof]

12. Marlowe actually is a moral character

In the depths of seediness and sleaze, he is no goody-two-shoes, but he has a deep moral center that drives him - like a battered idealist inside of him looking for redemption. Glad you enjoyed those!

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

13. That's one reason I like him

He is complex and seems to look at people as individuals, like, he isn't really for or against the police or rich people or poor people or anybody, just treats them all as individuals.