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Raymond Chandler

posted 12 years ago by germite
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Anyone else find it odd that the character of Raymond Chandler was in this movie? The mentioning of him and (especially) the scene with him both completely took me out of the movie and just seemed so untrue. For one thing, a novelist was also a chemist? Also, he didn't act at all like I'd imagine the real Raymond Chandler to act. Finally, the real Chandler died in the late 50s, and there was nothing in this movie to suggest that the story took place in a decade other than the one it was made in: the 70s.

I understand the idea of having him in the story was to gently push the audience into seeing that this was a grave mystery/suspense story, as Chandler himself wrote mysteries and detective stories, but good god it was unnecessary and just strange.

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[–] AndrewTarek 11 years ago

That threw me for a loop too. Maybe there's more to the reference, some kind of inside joke..? Regardless, it had me confused.

[–] walkinginrain 11 years ago

Yes, it was a joke between them because he had the same name, when are you going to write 'Farewell, my Lovely'? etc

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[–] ClassicAndForeignFilmLover 9 years ago

Good observation walkinginrain and above posters.

I havent´t seen the film in a long-time but I like it a lot.

I´d like to see the scene when the character Raymond Chandler is mentioned and the reference to ¨Farewell, my Lovely¨.

Thanks.

[–] Melton (3443) 22 days ago

I was puzzled at first but on later viewings I decided that Joanne is just referring to him as ‘Raymond Chandler’ as a nickname because he was a budding crime novelist. The way it’s written and acted sounds way too literal though, hence all the confusion.