The Long Goodbye

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The Long Goodbye

Cinema Studies Screening & Lecture with NYU professor and director Kenneth Bowser on October 5

Adapted from Raymond Chandler’s novel of the same name, whose iconic detective Philip Marlowe has also been brought to screen in classic noir films like Time to Kill, Murder, My Sweet, and The Big Sleep, Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye features Elliott Gould’s memorable portrayal of the character modernized for the 1970s. Marlowe is contacted by an old friend of his who desperately needs his help: clearing his name for the terrible crime of murdering his wife.

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"Altman holds genre clichés and conventions up to the light of modern life—and uses them as a prism to reveal its hidden tones."
Richard Brody, The New Yorker
"Despite cries of outrage from hard-line Chandler purists, this is, along with Hawks' The Big Sleep, easily the most intelligent of all screen adaptations of the writer's work."
Geoff Andrew, Time Out

SPECIAL EVENTS

Screening and Lecture with NYU professor and director Kenneth Bowser

Screening and Lecture with NYU professor and director Kenneth Bowser

Sunday, Oct. 5 2025, 11:00

  • Kenneth Bowser is a director of documentaries, feature films and episodic television and specializes in crafting stories about American culture. In addition to Phil Ochs, There But For Fortune, he is the writer, producer and director of NBC's Emmy nominated two-hour network special, Live From New York, The First Five Years of Saturday Night Live, celebrating the 30th Anniversary of SNL. He also worked on the SNL network specials for the 80's, 90's and 2000s. Bowser wrote and produced the Emmy nominated John Ford/John Wayne, The Filmmaker and The Legend for PBS's American Masters, which was an official selection of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. His last feature documentary, EasyRiders/Raging Bulls (a Trio/BBC co-production), which he wrote, produced and directed was an official selection at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. Bowser is the producer and director of the Emmy Award winning documentaries, Preston Sturges: The Rise And Fall Of An American Dreamer (American Masters;/PBS) and Frank Capra's American Dream (Columbia/TriStar Pictures). Bowser has produced, directed and written for ABC News Productions and is also the writer, director and producer of the feature film, In A Shallow Grave (American Playhouse Theatrical Films). In addition, Bowser was the director and writer of Hollywood, DC, A Tale of Two Cities (Bravo).

Tickets: $35 (members), $40 (nonmembers)

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This film is part of the Altman at 100 series.



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