Criterion Reflections – Episode 151 – Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of Season 5: 1973 features a discussion about films that were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint, whether published on physical media or made available on their streaming platform. In this episode, David and guests Richard Doyle and Robert Taylor review The Long Goodbye, directed by Robert Altman. The film has streamed on the Criterion Channel several times, most recently in early 2024 as part of a bundle showcasing cat movies.

EPISODE LINKS:

ROBERT ALTMAN

• The Criterion Collection
• The Criterion Channel
• Wikipedia
• Letterboxd
• JustWatch
• BFI – Where to Begin with Robert Altman
• Cinema Dailies
• Consequence
• Film Comment (1974)
• IndieWire
• Senses of Cinema
• TSPDT
• Vanity Fair (2006)
• New York Times (obituary)

THE LONG GOODBYE

• Kino Lorber
• Wikipedia
• Letterboxd
• JustWatch
• Boston Phoenix (1973)
• New York Magazine (1973)
• New York Times (1973)
• Pittsburgh Press (1973)
• Roger Ebert (1973)
• Roger Ebert (2006)
• Village Voice (1973)
• Battleship Pretension
• CageyFilms
• Cats on Film
• Cereal at Midnight
• Cinepassion
• CriterionCast (2010)
• Dennis Schwarz
• Every 70s Movie
• The Movie Waffler
• The Robert Taylor Odyssey
• Rock! Shock! Pop!
• Scopophilia
• Slant
• ZekeFilm

THE LONG GOODBYE SOUNDTRACK – Music Composed and Conducted by John Williams (20 Variations on a Theme)

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