1975 · neo-noir · marlowe · period
Farewell, My Lovely
Directed by Dick Richards1h 35m1975
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
Our read: Farewell, My Lovely (1975) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded neo-noir · marlowe · period entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured neo-noir / marlowe, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
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