A stylish opening that shows us Marlowe, his habit of talking to himself, his chain smoking, his problems, he’s single and his feelings all while showing us what truly defines this film. Revenge. Revenge cast on the people who take advantage of people, revenge spun by the lonely who realize they can’t trust anyone. One of the greatest.
@@rickdeckard1075you're right, but you could be more gracious. This film departs from the novel, which is probably Chandler's most accomplished novel, but it's a decent film. Gould is good, as is Hayden, and it's interesting to see Marlowe out of his era, but then again, Marlowe was always out of his era
@@josephclift3662 provide me a numerical metric and calculative algorithm to know when im being 'gracious' enough to meet your critical expectations. so sick of this creative-writing-exercise pulp mucking up the comment sections, even if i dont read the whole thing i still have to see the first line and thats enough to irritate.
@@iamblackhateliberals3643 I think that's who brought me here but I don't know the comment went a little something like this. 1. That cat is JIDs cat named Frank 2. Yes that's angol what's his name 3. The intro was based off the 70s movies the long good bye
Note the elegance of Altman's setup, without heavyhandedness. The search through the garbage (like Paul Newman's Harper trying to make coffee). The cat claws her master Marlowe (a premonition of Terry Lennox's face); the cat can't be deceived by repackaging--she trusts what she smells. Marlowe out of step with what Los Angeles has become. Beautiful!
Can't shoot a scene stylishly unless and until someone imagines said scene on paper. Leigh Brackett is genius. Who could think this up? Big Sleep and Empire Strikes Back too? Fuhgetaboutit
@@tedbailey3673 Leigh Brackett is a genuis, but in the script I've read of this movie doesn't feature these scenes at all. The script starts with Terry Lennox knocking on his door.
...I never really thought about the first scene where Marlowe wakes up; and indeed it's perfect that he's gone to sleep in the 1940s and woken up in the Me-Decade of the 1970s where he's even more a fish out of water as a man with integrity in a universally corrupt world. I've always loved the movie and it's terrific to discover new things about its incredible subtlety and satire both of the Noir genre and the era it's set...
Altman's (and Elliot Gould's & John Williams') genius on full display here: 10 minutes into the film, and all that's happened is that famous detective Phillip Marlowe (having apparently gone to sleep in the 1940s and woken up 30 years later) has tried and failed (twice!) to feed his damn cat, and we're still watching, and even humming along with that tune that seems to be playing everywhere in LA, in perfect synchrony, on this particular night...
He leaves more as a matter of principle. Nobody cares that the cat's food is not the correct one except him, just as nobody cares that Lennox murdered his wife except Marlowe. It's part of what the long goodbye is about.
Presently reading Chandler's "The Long Goodbye" in fact, what a classic it is! Chandler is one of the greatest American writers ever - and there's plenty of good ones. Greetings to fans of Chandler and Marlowe everywhere from Gothenburg, Sweden!
Great film, great acting. One of the best films, ever. In reply to Michael Monko 3 years ago, Marlowe never had a cat but Raymond Chandler was a cat lover.
This is my favorite movie of all time. Saw a screening in Los Angeles with Altman doing a Q&A afterwards a couple of months before 'The Player' put him back on the map in a big way, and this film blew me away. It's a hard film to find, so I was thrilled when I saw a local station was airing it as their midnight movie. I stayed up to watch...and they cut this ENTIRE TEN MINUTES out of the movie. They just started it with Terry Lennox in his apartment. Stupid tv idiots.
The F***ING BEST!Such a good film, and a great performance by nearly everyone-and a true testament to Altman's direction. The few people I met in life who adore this film nearly as much as I do have all become wonderfully sensitive, beautiful people. And that's not even my point with this comment; my point is that this is such great art...an odd, strange, beautiful film.... You miss a lot in life if you can't see the beauty in this film... And then, how did they get the cat to act so well??!!
I saw this last year , I liked Elliot Gould's take on Marlowe much different than Bogie's but it fits the time period (70s) and I liked the way Altman uses humor throughout the movie.
I have no idea who JID or Off the Zoinkys are but I want to thank both of them for introducing a large number of otherwise unfamiliar people to this film.
ok, ok, Curry's Brand Catfood... hhahaha.. A REAL MASTERPIECE. and Elliott Gould's monologue here is pure music, it sounds just like a bass jazz solo. Sometimes instead of an album I just play out loud the beginning of this movie. BEST TITLE SEQUENCE EVER
I recall when Altman received a special lifetime achievement Oscar & they showed short clips from many of his films. But I was most impressed with the clip they showed of the cat when it jumped up on Elliot Gould's shoulder 'cause it was the first time I'd ever seen video of a cat doing what my OWN cat likes to do: jump up on my shoulders. In fact, I haven't seen a similar cat video since the Altman clip although they must be out there if I went searching.. But some years ago I did search youtube & couldn't find a single other shoulder-jumping-cat video. My own cat's a self taught shoulder jumper, & likes to jump from a kitchen table or bathroom counter a few or more feet through the air, from behind or beside me, up. She'll then lie across two shoulders, nuzzle my ear, & purr, as I walk around the place, or sit down on a chair. She's been doing this regularly for years. Such a friendly, smart cat trick! [Later Edit: I've since shot video of my cat doing her shoulder jump trick & have posted it to yt here: ruclips.net/video/0xehidV63kc/видео.html ]
This was the first movie* that either of my cats found interesting. The rest didn't float my boat, but Elsa and l sometimes revisit the first 3 minutes on YT to enjoy the authenticity of Gould's and Cat 43(b)'s latter-day Method work. It's a classic 1970s cinema moment in a minor movie. *Later, she and her cub liked Chinatown, but they again fixated on a single scene. You know the one. They went so nuts for the "she's my sister! AND my daughter!" scene that they still reenact it when things get slow at 3am).
no. the cat leaves the house and never comes back. altman claims it's a metaphor for the whole movie. i don't see how, but the movie is fucking brilliant.
"You can't lie to a cat." The cat isn't fooled by appearances but Marlowe is, and when he figures it out he shoots Lennox. The cat won't accept being lied to on principle, and Marlowe won't either. Basically that Marlowe has more in common with his cat (that he gives a damn about the truth) more than anyone else we meet in the film (except maybe Mr. Wade but it seems like life destroyed him).
Pretty wild that Altman cast Jim Bouton, who had just written "Ball Four" a couple of years earlier, as the psycho Terry Lennox. I don't think Bouton ever acted before. I wonder how that happened.
And moved to England at 8 months, dude, where he lived for all his formative years--and if you ever heard him talk, he had a Brit accent. He was a naturalized English citizen. Bob Hope was born in England but raised in the USA and as American as Coca Cola. Chandler was English--read his biography--it's why his prose is so peculiar and un-Hammet-like.
A stylish opening that shows us Marlowe, his habit of talking to himself, his chain smoking, his problems, he’s single and his feelings all while showing us what truly defines this film. Revenge. Revenge cast on the people who take advantage of people, revenge spun by the lonely who realize they can’t trust anyone. One of the greatest.
none of that spiel of purple prose has any pretension of relevance to the original intellectual property of raymond chandler
@@rickdeckard1075you're right, but you could be more gracious. This film departs from the novel, which is probably Chandler's most accomplished novel, but it's a decent film. Gould is good, as is Hayden, and it's interesting to see Marlowe out of his era, but then again, Marlowe was always out of his era
@@josephclift3662 provide me a numerical metric and calculative algorithm to know when im being 'gracious' enough to meet your critical expectations. so sick of this creative-writing-exercise pulp mucking up the comment sections, even if i dont read the whole thing i still have to see the first line and thats enough to irritate.
@@josephclift3662 ok send me your metric and calculative algorithm for measuring my graciousness
@@josephclift3662 "youre right but i dont like your tone"
ok, joseph.
"Off the Zoinkys" brought me here.. Flaaamee
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A comment from "Off the Zoinkys" brought me here. Big ups to Gerardo Zantedeschi ...thank you
@@iamblackhateliberals3643 I think that's who brought me here but I don't know the comment went a little something like this.
1. That cat is JIDs cat named Frank
2. Yes that's angol what's his name
3. The intro was based off the 70s movies the long good bye
This cat deserved an Oscar
...you cain't fool a Noir gumshoe's cat...
Best Supporting Cactor
But he was snubbed by the Acatemy.
@@dixonpinfold2582if only they had a best feline leads CATegory
It's a total CATastrophe that he didn't get one. 🤔🐱😳🧠💥😂😂😂
Such a simple scene but filmed with such style
Note the elegance of Altman's setup, without heavyhandedness. The search through the garbage (like Paul Newman's Harper trying to make coffee). The cat claws her master Marlowe (a premonition of Terry Lennox's face); the cat can't be deceived by repackaging--she trusts what she smells. Marlowe out of step with what Los Angeles has become. Beautiful!
Or, read the cat as a Tom: The clawing suggests Terry Lennox's betrayal of his friend.
Dudes putting on a tie at 3am to get cat food and brownie mix, regular and fudge...I just dont understand it.
Can't shoot a scene stylishly unless and until someone imagines said scene on paper. Leigh Brackett is genius. Who could think this up? Big Sleep and Empire Strikes Back too? Fuhgetaboutit
@@tedbailey3673 Leigh Brackett is a genuis, but in the script I've read of this movie doesn't feature these scenes at all. The script starts with Terry Lennox knocking on his door.
Marlowe is so loyal to the cat and in return he is abandoned. Just like everyone else.
I think the girls could have done a better job looking after his cat. 🐈.
Sterling Hayden would have made an interesting Marlowe. Nick Nolte too
Here because of JID...man's got taste
Yo same lmao
amazing taste, Robert Altman is one of the best
ain no taste its a old ass movie
Lol JID
@KunstKrieg KinoPix Studios Am wondering the same
Anyone else here because of JID?
Jordan Mcnerneyyy yep
Can’t help it, gotta see what he sees. Super smart dude, and this movie is a classic either way. Win win
yeahhhh
Yee
did he direct the video tho?
...I never really thought about the first scene where Marlowe wakes up; and indeed it's perfect that he's gone to sleep in the 1940s and woken up in the Me-Decade of the 1970s where he's even more a fish out of water as a man with integrity in a universally corrupt world. I've always loved the movie and it's terrific to discover new things about its incredible subtlety and satire both of the Noir genre and the era it's set...
Great comment. I'm rewatching it right now. Take care, fellow Marlowe fan
Altman's (and Elliot Gould's & John Williams') genius on full display here: 10 minutes into the film, and all that's happened is that famous detective Phillip Marlowe (having apparently gone to sleep in the 1940s and woken up 30 years later) has tried and failed (twice!) to feed his damn cat, and we're still watching, and even humming along with that tune that seems to be playing everywhere in LA, in perfect synchrony, on this particular night...
The cat only stayed around as long as Marlowe was useful, once he realised that he could no longer use him, he just abandoned him.
Much like a woman!
He leaves more as a matter of principle. Nobody cares that the cat's food is not the correct one except him, just as nobody cares that Lennox murdered his wife except Marlowe. It's part of what the long goodbye is about.
...the feline world is ruthless - you have to leave the useless humanoids behind sooner or later...
"What do I need a cat for, man? I gotta girl."
Presently reading Chandler's "The Long Goodbye" in fact, what a classic it is!
Chandler is one of the greatest American writers ever - and there's plenty of good ones.
Greetings to fans of Chandler and Marlowe everywhere from Gothenburg, Sweden!
He’s one of the greatest writers period
Great film, great acting. One of the best films, ever. In reply to Michael Monko 3 years ago, Marlowe never had a cat but Raymond Chandler was a cat lover.
He did provide the first and only time I've seen a cat wielded as a weapon in one of the Marlowe short stories, though.
I've only watched this film once (a couple years ago) but Marlowe's "it's ok with me" has remained stuck in my head. Great stuff.
Have you watched it since then?
@@randywhite3947 Unfortunately, no. I must, though.
Such a great performance by a master of his craft. And Elliot Gould is good too.
This is my favorite movie of all time. Saw a screening in Los Angeles with Altman doing a Q&A afterwards a couple of months before 'The Player' put him back on the map in a big way, and this film blew me away. It's a hard film to find, so I was thrilled when I saw a local station was airing it as their midnight movie. I stayed up to watch...and they cut this ENTIRE TEN MINUTES out of the movie. They just started it with Terry Lennox in his apartment. Stupid tv idiots.
That’s terrible
"... it would be rather nice coming home after a long day to feed the cat, like Philip Marlowe..." - Wings of Desire
The cat is a good actor ;-)
The most relaxing and soothing thing on the internet.
John William's most brilliant score, very witty with the change of music for the same theme, e.g., turns into muzak at the supermarket.
His Barbara Stanwyck impersonation was hilarious 😂
No. The cat and Marlowe were the only 2 characters who wouldn't tolerate being lied to.
He has only two friends in the World, One is his Cat, The other is a Murderer.
GREAT Tagline
...loses one; shoots the other...
Spoilers dude
The original Big Lebowski.
I thought I was silly for being reminded of The Dude; good to know I'm not the only one!!
@@MH-jc3uj the big Lebowski is a riff on this film. Inherent Vice too!
@@itsallgoodman4108the big sleep as well
Thanks to JID, I feel like I have to watch this movie now.
I hope you did! It’s a top 100 of all time.
Have you seen it and if so did you like it?
7 March, 2023. 50th anniversary of this film's release.
The F***ING BEST!Such a good film, and a great performance by nearly everyone-and a true testament to Altman's direction. The few people I met in life who adore this film nearly as much as I do have all become wonderfully sensitive, beautiful people.
And that's not even my point with this comment; my point is that this is such great art...an odd, strange, beautiful film.... You miss a lot in life if you can't see the beauty in this film...
And then, how did they get the cat to act so well??!!
This film has something... not to mention the song..
I saw this last year , I liked Elliot Gould's take on Marlowe much different than Bogie's but it fits the time period (70s) and I liked the way Altman uses humor throughout the movie.
Agreed and this movie is way hilarious!
Bogie wasn’t Marlowe … James Garner was good in Marlowe
@@sahej6939yes he was
I have no idea who JID or Off the Zoinkys are but I want to thank both of them for introducing a large number of otherwise unfamiliar people to this film.
Jid is an artist and he recreated this scene in his music video for the song off the zoinkys, you should check it out
"Ha, ha...he's got a girl..I've got a cat."
He sounds like Garfield from the old cartoons.
DREAMVILLE...
So cuteeee did anyone notice he tried to trick his cat by switching the catfood into the can that the cat likes?
Yes! That's one of the joys of this sequence. I continue to delight in enthusing about this film, and this unforgettable opening!
Cats always know when u get the wrong food. Mine won’t accept pate, only shreds
great piece of a film
ok, ok, Curry's Brand Catfood... hhahaha.. A REAL MASTERPIECE.
and Elliott Gould's monologue here is pure music, it sounds just like a bass jazz solo. Sometimes instead of an album I just play out loud the beginning of this movie.
BEST TITLE SEQUENCE EVER
Here because Altman, Gould, and the cat.
Okay JID, I see you playa 👌
Here from jid's music video
Gotta love elliot gould's course voice
Henry Gibson should have had more fame as an actor. Was also great in Nashville. PT Anderson, an Altman fan, also put him to great use in Magnolia.
Don’t forget Blues Brothers
One of the most memorable slaps in movie history 'SIGN THE CHECK'.
"J.I.D and Christo"
Anyone else here because of the interview for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood when they talk about the dog feeding scene and reference this?
The cat is "Morris the cat" from the 1970's Nine Lives cat food commercials .
This man wears a suit to buy groceries
What a performance from Elliot Gould.
I agree about the film, it's a masterpiece!
That cat has a lot of patient, most tomcats would have sliced up marlowe for being to slow with the tin opener.
"Thanks a lot but they hurt my teeth. But if you want to make me a couple of yankiedoodles..."
Im looking for the movie now
JID & Scott Lazer putting us on to classic films
great flick, love song playing all different ways throughout movie
This movie singularly inspired inherent vice, jid video and once upon a time in hollywood....
How did it inspire Hollywood?
And The Big Lebowski
Off Da Zoinkys
JID
Tom Waits must have based his persona in the 70s on this film
I doubt it
I recall when Altman received a special lifetime achievement Oscar & they showed short clips from many of his films. But I was most impressed with the clip they showed of the cat when it jumped up on Elliot Gould's shoulder 'cause it was the first time I'd ever seen video of a cat doing what my OWN cat likes to do: jump up on my shoulders. In fact, I haven't seen a similar cat video since the Altman clip although they must be out there if I went searching.. But some years ago I did search youtube & couldn't find a single other shoulder-jumping-cat video. My own cat's a self taught shoulder jumper, & likes to jump from a kitchen table or bathroom counter a few or more feet through the air, from behind or beside me, up. She'll then lie across two shoulders, nuzzle my ear, & purr, as I walk around the place, or sit down on a chair. She's been doing this regularly for years. Such a friendly, smart cat trick! [Later Edit: I've since shot video of my cat doing her shoulder jump trick & have posted it to yt here: ruclips.net/video/0xehidV63kc/видео.html ]
I saw your video- cute cats! Like your style, too; cool beard, cool guy.
The Rumpled Essence of Shabby Cool ... "Okay With Me" ...
Anyone else here from Young Jiddery's latest film, "Off Da Zoinkys?"
Bruh jiddery lmaoooooo 😂
I love how calm he is
Glad I saw the movie on the big screen of a cinema in 1975, and got the DVD.
This is a 73 movie
This was the first movie* that either of my cats found interesting. The rest didn't float my boat, but Elsa and l sometimes revisit the first 3 minutes on YT to enjoy the authenticity of Gould's and Cat 43(b)'s latter-day Method work. It's a classic 1970s cinema moment in a minor movie.
*Later, she and her cub liked Chinatown, but they again fixated on a single scene. You know the one. They went so nuts for the "she's my sister! AND my daughter!" scene that they still reenact it when things get slow at 3am).
JID's "Off Da Zoinkys" got me here
I thought this movie was a good, albeit quirky, attempt to transplant Chandler's knight errant into the adrift '70s.
Who here from JID’s new video?
This is the more calm "off da zoinkys"
how'd they get that cat t' jump all over him like that? pretty clever if ya ask me!
+chodeshadar18 Robert Altman had the power to direct all types of actors, even feline actors.
What is the name of the cat? Does he appear in any other films? He should have gotten an Acatemy Award!
Should have been directed by Feline-ey ;-)
+Bill Strutz Maybe it was in "Breakfast at Tiffany's", too! It seems to be its destiny to have no name! :-)
Better watch no Hollywood executives are reading this or we will get a prequel film explaining the origins of Marlowe's cat.
@@theuserwithnoname7688 I would like to see that
Shoutout my boy JID
Here from jid
Tarantino clearly got inspiration from this, even at the ending scene with the car driifting.
I don’t as Tarantino didn’t even like Altman
When he goes into the supermarket and the music continues as Muzak…the Coen Bros copied that in Raising Arizona
JID brought me here
J.I.D A Goat! 🐐
No, he's a person
@@taliakellegg5978 r/wooossshhhhh
Spillage Village
Here cuz of JID
I Know Why Yall Are Here 😉. I almost forgot why and actually began to watch the movie.
I actually really like the muzak cover of the title song..
great movie...
Thanks JID
The Long Kiss Goodnight (circa 1996) brought me here
no. the cat leaves the house and never comes back. altman claims it's a metaphor for the whole movie. i don't see how, but the movie is fucking brilliant.
"You can't lie to a cat." The cat isn't fooled by appearances but Marlowe is, and when he figures it out he shoots Lennox. The cat won't accept being lied to on principle, and Marlowe won't either. Basically that Marlowe has more in common with his cat (that he gives a damn about the truth) more than anyone else we meet in the film (except maybe Mr. Wade but it seems like life destroyed him).
R.l.P. Jim Bouton.
it's OK with me
Not here because of JID.
Jk I am.
Big, beefy, brown-eyed, brainy...... beautiful.
who’s here from JID?
2:33 I wouldn't eat that crap either.
Now I'm wondering if my kitty cat would enjoy C-U-R-R-I-E BRAND cat food, hmmm....??
Please please upload the whole movie! I can't find it anywhere.
Cat = Friendship
This is what happens when you try to curry favor with a cat.
MEOCUH
It's okay with me-Marlowe
Pretty wild that Altman cast Jim Bouton, who had just written "Ball Four" a couple of years earlier, as the psycho Terry Lennox. I don't think Bouton ever acted before. I wonder how that happened.
Now I'm just going to have to watch the movie
Gould is great.
Not much to do with Chandler's novel, but that's Altman for you.
I'll rent it if there are still young sexy hippie girls living next door.
You can't find them now? The hippies of the 70s are the feminists of today. After all they want to free the nipple.
Is that Spike?
And moved to England at 8 months, dude, where he lived for all his formative years--and if you ever heard him talk, he had a Brit accent. He was a naturalized English citizen. Bob Hope was born in England but raised in the USA and as American as Coca Cola. Chandler was English--read his biography--it's why his prose is so peculiar and un-Hammet-like.
Jid
Today it’s been inducted into the national film registry.