![]() So, there’s private eye Philip Marlowe set to head off down Chandler’s famous “mean streets”. ![]() World-weary Liam Neeson seems a good fit for Bogart’s shoes, with fellow Irishman, director Neil Jordan, stepping up to replace noir master Howard Hawks. The new Marlowe certainly looks like it could deliver to even the most dyed-in-the-wool Raymond Chandler fan. Chandler’s writing was unique - tough, gritty, violent and sarcastic, steeped in liquor and firmly set in 40s Los Angeles.īut you need all those elements – and without them a film called Marlowe is going to struggle. What made Marlowe Marlowe was something specific. But he set the scene for other great Marlowes like Robert Mitchum and Dick Powell. ![]()
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