long goodbye

Marques 2022-01-29 08:06:33

What kind of sincere and sad friendship will happen when an elegant and polite alcoholic meets a poor and noble private detective? Lennox is drunk and sent back by Marlowe, who later sends a huge five thousand dollar bill. The banknotes are used as thanks and farewells, however, a series of murders make this farewell endless... Chandler's resume sounds very tough and legendary: he failed to become a freelance writer, failed to become a national civil servant, Participated in World War I, rose to the top of finance in an oil company, and was fired for alcoholism. The average person's life probably ends here...but Chandler survived, because he finally succeeded in getting a career that he had tried and failed to achieve for half his life: a writer. Then the alcoholic man went red. His work has been on the screen many times: because his stories are for the big screen as pork rolls are for Garfield. He also made Double Indemnity with Billy Wilder, which a friend of mine regarded as a milestone in film history...and he went on drinking and writing, and he died. It is said that "only seventeen people came to his bleak funeral", but we have to say: it's okay. Seventeen people are not too few, for an ordinary person who does not like ordinary humans so much. Haruki Murakami swore there: he had read the story a dozen times. And Billy Wilder, who is said to have been suspected of having genital problems by Chandler, also said: There is lightning on every page. As an ordinary reader, I can only say to you: you may like this book, you may not like this book, we can't guarantee your reading interest, but if you are a man who likes to be seen by cool men If you're a fan of cool passages with cool words in cool words in a cool setting, then you'll love him and his books. To use a common phrase, Chandler is the king of pretending to perpetrate. Chandler is successful, because his rich social experience and the high society scene he actually participated in brought the confidence to his pretense. "The Long Goodbye" has the most cheesy elements: a mysterious disfigured handsome man who suddenly disappeared, a wealthy beauty with a rotten life, a helpless policeman, and a screwdriver who would drink in a bar, tough and cool even when beaten middle-aged detective. But the sentence Marlowe stubbornly said, far from being an ordinary detective who also belongs to the category of working people, looks more like a poet in a black leather jacket and with the face of Humphrey Bogart. He said: "I watched the taxi disappear. I went back up the steps, into the bathroom, The whole bed was messed up and remade. One of the pillows has a long brunette hair on it. I felt like a heavy lump of lead in my stomach. The French have a saying to describe that feeling. Those bastards have a say about everything, and they're always right. To say goodbye is to die a little. ” The real life is actually more mundane and trivial, even wretched, so I will coolly refund the huge detective fee without hesitation, and then silently light a cigarette in the old apartment sofa full of tobacco and alcohol. I don’t know. The story of Marlowe, who is always thinking about what he is thinking about, can only be a kind of forced fantasy: for example, each story can attract beautiful women of different classes and different looks but with long legs. Farewell to this kind of novel is always moving with emotion, just read it calmly and as a popular novel, you can see a story that is not annoying, see a lot of people who are cynical but not annoying or even super obsessed protagonist, Even unexpected literary. There are also many sentences from his point of view that make his soul tremble and think "This is the incarnation of 嗲!" - such as "If I am not tough, I will can't live. If I'm not polite, I'm not worthy to live. "And for example, "There is always justice in the world, right? Let's talk about it tomorrow." "And cool excuses for my unhealthy hobbies: half gin, half Rose lime juice, nothing but lots and lots of cigarettes. … ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ ★I guess we are all sinners in the eyes of God ★He said: "I have always lived on the edge of nothingness. " ★ Rich people never want anything in particular, except for other people's wives. ★ She is suddenly refreshed and says, "Oh—to Las Vegas? He's so affectionate." That's where we got married. "I said: 'I guess he forgot. Otherwise, he would rather go elsewhere. ★I watched the taxi disappear. I went back up the steps, went into the bathroom, messed up the bed and remade it. One of the pillows had a long brunette hair on it. It seemed like there was a heavy weight of lead in my stomach. French There's a saying to describe that feeling. Those bastards have a say about everything, and they're always right. To say goodbye is to die a little bit. A knight of a lustrous soul", in the 1940s, Hollywood actors glorified the role of Philip Marlowe, Among them, Humphrey Bogart was the most successful. ★He wants to write a novel in which "everyone walks carefree in their works". ★ He described his character as an "incongruous mixture of lack of self-confidence on the outside and arrogance on the inside". ★He was a soldier, participated in World War I, experienced suffering and loneliness, and believed that he "always lived on the edge of nothingness". ★He doesn't like to look at the sea, because there is too much water and too many drowned people in the sea. ★He is an alcoholic. He believes that "a man should get drunk at least twice a year. This is a principle." ★ He despised Hemingway, and once named a policeman Hemingway in the novel, calling him "a guy who keeps repeating the same words until he convinces everyone that the words must be wonderful." ★ He refuses any awards. If he won the Nobel Prize, he would definitely refuse it, for two reasons: one, he would not go to Sweden to accept the award, and still work in evening gowns to give speeches; two, the Nobel Prize had been awarded to too many two. Third-rate writers, and many excellent writers far superior to them did not win. ★ He died alone in a foreign land. Only 17 people attended his funeral. ★He said: "I am a man without a home...until now, still." ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Chandler, a writer who started writing at the age of 45. Why do I record this number, do I look forward to another ten years, I can also start a new life. But the new life is not necessarily happy. The instinct of ordinary people to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages is too strong. This Chandler's life is so unusual. He achieves ideals in the eyes of others, but begins to be nothing in the eyes of ordinary people. Have you tried chasing the only shuttle bus on a cold rainy night and didn't catch up? Is this the way ideals fit into reality? So the ideal becomes the object that people spurn. However, he did not have any noble ideals, which is the irony of our education. The last loneliness he fell into was when his madly infatuated wife died after three decades of his company. Why do I describe him as insane, falling in love with a woman in his 40s in his early 20s, and still marrying her at 36, not the same as a graduate, it's a little crazy for the world, and he There are "arrogant" who are not in this world, and always turn against people. "My greatest regret in my life," he said, was that I didn't write a single book that could be dedicated to her. The joy of life cannot inspire profound words, The deep text is more like a whirlpool. My wife always complains that I haven't written a love letter to her, but unfortunately, I'm always so happy, what good words can I write? When she gets old with someone who loves her, will she feel that those words are just Superfluous, perhaps still needed, both. Perhaps what he regrets is the brief infidelity, not making up for it with the splendor of the world's attention-grabbing words, which he is good at. The only certainty is that his wife's tolerance is his greatest support. Of course I know too little about him, and can only guess what kind of nothingness he has in his life. If it is said that emotion is nothingness, and the nothingness of emotion eventually disappears into the world, it can be considered that there is no trace, then nothingness is a problem. The loss of a beloved Chandler did not have anything to do with the pain I mentioned earlier, and it did not lead to great works. Or, in the previous works, because his wife who can communicate without language gave him happiness, he was naturally not great when he was happy, and her death made him too sad and unable to extricate himself. The highest mountain cannot fill the deepest sea, and the deepest sea has the bluest melancholy. The joys of life are always the same in great people and common people, except for Mother Teresa. And chasing this fun, ordinary people lose too much. Wang Xiaobo happily wrote Hong Fu Ye Run, and at the end there is a sentence, it is not enough for a person to have this life and this world, he should also have a poetic world. This teaches people how not to feel sorry. Willingly, really don't care if you get the pleasure you're after, or too easily indulge in that little pleasure and keep falling into misery. In this world of ours, I know that everyone only cares about leisure, or even sneaking. Shallow fun is not sad at first, but it allows too many sins. Compared with chasing love, people are more open and upright in the name of chasing fame and fortune. Do the unspoken rules. Hopefully one day, we can tolerate more chases like Chandler, not proud of how many people are sought after, and never imagine sparse crowds at funerals. Hedonists do not know true madness. I don't know if it will be the same as his protagonist, "after trying to solve the mystery after all the hardships, only to find that the thing he was searching for has disappeared or destroyed, only to go into the bar and drink a double scotch". ······························································································ ·Close the book and realize why this is a long goodbye. The moment we meet is the moment we begin to part. Walked through the lengthy time in between, experienced the twisted plot, then goodbye, last goodbye. We keep repeating this drama with others, no matter how much we fall in love with each other, No matter how much we leaned on each other, there was a moment when we waved goodbye to each other. This can't be considered a detective novel. In my consciousness, the detective is just the thread that runs through, allowing the invisible and intangible time to have a parasitic attachment, and then we are in this ever-spreading branch and branch, I saw every inevitability of encounter, belief, betrayal, and separation. When the book ended, I wanted to cry. I'd rather sit quietly in front of the bar and finish that glass of screwdriver than face such a real goodbye. Many times, life and death can't really separate two people, betrayal talent. what is betrayal in friendship . It's just the former that we can show openly, while the latter must be carefully hidden. Many times, the process of pursuing the truth is a process of saying goodbye. And every goodbye is a little bit of death. ······························································································ Sylvia is dead, so be dead; Lennox is dead, so be dead; Roger is dead, so be dead; Irene is dead, so be dead... He won't think about what's going on, he won't be led by the case itself, and he can even say bluntly that if it weren't for a forced nerve pull, it would be impossible to see Roger and Ai. Lynn's death. But after seeing it, I couldn't let it go. I really wanted to know how this incident would be resolved. The News published a confession, so where is the prestige of the powerful? Politicians will always justify themselves that black and white is commonplace, because the media are die-hard fans who are chasing and loyal, while most of the spectators who read the newspapers are always foolishly blindly following the lead of the print, not distinguishing right from wrong. Fortunately, there are still a few people in this world who have not lost their conscience, like Philip Marlowe, Lonnie Morgan, Candy, Als... Maybe what they do is for a very strong purpose, not Pure friendliness, Morgan needs exclusive news, Ors needs to solve the case as soon as possible, but what does it matter? In this dirty world, who can be pure except children?! Pure is not the standard for judging good and evil. Even Irene Wade is not a sinner. If she really didn't feel guilty or blame herself, she wouldn't choose to commit suicide. The evidence the police had was insufficient to charge her with the murder of two people, What's more, there are all kinds of forces that don't want to make this matter amplify, and they are trying to reduce the big thing to the small thing as much as possible. What Marlow wanted was the truth, and he would not do anything to Erin. Anyone who likes to cause trouble knows that trouble should stop in moderation, and no one knows that better than Marlowe. As Lennox had chosen, he would not denounce a woman, even if he no longer loved her. Taking her murder weapon to a far country is the first step of a new life, for himself and for her. But in the end, Irene still died, why? Because the ghost in her heart disturbed her, she tried every means to find Marlow to confirm her speculation, and she was wrong again and again. The law did not punish her, but she punished herself. The darkest thing is not the fight between life and death, but the murder of those who have the most power without blood, who have regarded playing with the world as a form of entertainment. Therefore, "The Long Farewell" has successfully passed two murder cases, directly and clearly allowing readers to see the ugly and malpractice of the American judicial process, the posture of politicians, the cowardice of rich people, the ferocity of law enforcement, and the guilt of criminals. Arrogant... But society is like a speeding car, which is constantly running. Sometimes, it is difficult to take into account the flaws in the scenery. What's more, this flaw contains the dust rolled up by the wheels. After all, in the distance in the sight or in the mind, I believe it will get better and closer to perfection. This is not limited to a certain kind of society in a certain country, because the global development has now more and more reflected economic integration. The long farewell was Marlowe to Lennox, and Chandler to the American society at that time. There are still expectations, just like the last Marlowe can meet Lennox and say goodbye in person. Use a situation of karma in the eyes of the world to exchange for a new life, a new life for individuals, a new life for society... Always hope, hope in tomorrow, however, please don't forget that you must make due efforts today, otherwise tomorrow will inevitably become Mirror flower water moon. ······························································································ ·You know the end of the story doesn't matter, the only thing life guarantees us is death. So we better not let that ending take away the light of the story. "Money has a quirky quality," he continued. "A huge sum of money seems to have a life of its own, even a conscience. The power of money has become difficult to control. Man has always been an animal that can be bought with money. Population growth, the cost of war, and the pressure of endless heavy taxation are making people more and more easily bought by money. Ordinary people are tired and panicked, Tired and panicked people are not idealistic. He has to support his family. Both public and private morals in our time are in an astonishing decline. You can't expect a person with a very poor quality of life to have character" I'm weak, with no guts and no ambition. I was stunned when I caught the bronze ring and found it wasn't gold. There is only one great moment in life for a person like me, only in A perfect performance on a high swing. Just trying not to fall off the sidewalk and into the ditch for the rest of my life. Time makes everything mean, dilapidation is full of flaws. Howard, the tragedy of life is not the premature death of beautiful things, but the premature death of beautiful things Getting old, getting meaner. That's not going to happen to me. Goodbye. Howard.

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  • Maybelle 2022-01-29 08:06:33

    Robert Altman's anti-noir film. 1. Marlowe played by Gould is too charming, kind and rambling. He went through fire and water for friendship, but was unable to return to the sky. It was as if he was thrown into the 1970s from the 1950s, and he was at a loss in this chaotic and lost faith in society. Hippie style after Kai PTA [sex is evil]. 2. The film uses a lot of foreground occlusion or glass shadows, plus fading processing, presenting a blurred, ambiguous and chaotic world. 3. As a cat slave, he was abandoned by the picky eater at the beginning, and could not be found after that, and then was threatened by a dog at the writer's house. 4. Hemingway-style depressive writer and short-lived young Arnold. 5. All kinds of interesting and rich details / idle writing: the security guard who imitated the old movie male protagonist (Stuart and Grant) to talk to the passing driver, a group of playful people who lived next to Marlow and practiced yoga half-naked on the balcony all day. The leather girl, the goofy stalker trained by Marlowe, and the harmonica given by the guy in full body bandages (think of [The Strange Tenant]). 6. Marlowe, who attaches great importance to ties, has a mantra that goes with the flow: "It's Okay with me." (9.0/10)

  • Diego 2022-01-29 08:06:33

    It's a big surprise....robert altman's wild road version has nothing to do with the original~

The Long Goodbye quotes

  • Philip Marlowe: The Lennoxes, Terry and Sylvia, they used to live up the beach, did you know them?

    Eileen Wade: Very slightly, like one knows most people on the beach.

  • Roger Wade aka Billy Joe Smith: This place stinks, Doc. It's this place that's sick, not the people in it.