Saturday, November 1, 2014

Adaptation for 11/3/14


Reminder: Bring your passages from The Long Goodbye that paint word pictures.

Talking Points about the movie version of The Long Goodbye:
1) How is music used in this film? Why do you think it is used that way?
2) What is the movie about?
3) Are there any characters who have "doubles" or "mirror versions" in this movie?
4) What do we know about the character Philip Marlowe?

Talking Points about the novel The Long Goodbye:
1) What does the title mean?
2) Did you like the novel? Strengths? Weaknesses?
3) Was anything essential lost in the translation of this book to film?


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