The Long Goodbye w/Noah Rinsky

In this week’s episode, Daniel & Harry welcome Noah Rinsky of @oldjewishmen to the pod to discuss Robert Altman's 1973 noir classic "The Long Goodbye,” starring Elliot Gould.

They cover Gould and Altman’s interpretation of novelist Raymond Chandler’s iconic detective Phillip Marlowe, coding him as Jewish in a way that distinguishes him from past onscreen portrayals. They further discuss the way the film uses the “saving the cat” device to draw sympathy to Marlowe, as well as how it investigates his inability to make sense of a morally gray Los Angeles in the early 1970s. Finally they question where Jewish gangsters go on Friday nights, and consider the utility of being a gangster and a mohel’s son.

As always, they end the episode by ranking the film’s Jewishness in terms of its cast & crew, content, and themes.

YouTube Trailer: https://youtu.be/fAYheZweypk

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