The Long Goodbye

Dir. Robert Altman. 1973, 112 mins. 35mm print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. With Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden. With the playfully unlikely casting of anti-heartthrob Gould as private eye Philip Marlowe, Altman’s film is both a satire of and an homage to the world of Raymond Chandler, a neo-noir classic that transplants the novelist’s languid vision of Los Angeles to the 1970s. Though Altman had become something of an Oscar darling—with M*A*S*H, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, and Nashville racking up the nominations—The Long Goodbye was evidently too shaggy a proposition. Even Vilmos Zsigmond’s lusciously seedy work went ignored, despite winning Best Cinematography from the National Society of Film Critics.  

Tickets: $15 / $11 senior and students / $9 youth (ages 3–17) / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11). Order tickets for February 10. Order tickets for February 11.Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission. Review safety protocols before your visit.