Poodle Springs

The opening sequence shows a pair of fancy women's feet in turquoise pumps walking up a stairway. It turns out to lead up to the door of a private investigator, namely Philip Marlowe.
The meeting between the woman and Marlowe gets interrupted by a phone call from one of Marlowe's colleagues. A call that gets an abrupt end when the colleague is murdered by two gun shots. Marlowe dives into his car to investigate what naturally turns out to be a very tangled and tricky affair. A classic detective story in bright pastel colors follows, with a cool, jazzy score and a sharp and cynical dialogue.
Poodle Springs, based on a short story by Raymond Chandler, is a thrilling detective skein, as well as a genre pastiche and a salute to the classic detective movies. Nothing significant to the genre has been left out. Here we find double scotches, sleeveless undershirts, parrots and fans. The cigarette is held between the thumb and the index finger, and the hat is slightly tipped forward. The story takes place in casinos, bars and strip joints. Dead bodies are photographed with a big round metal flash and a loud ''klutch'', and the kiss takes place between two silhouettes behind the tinted window of the detective
agency door. Even the imagery smells of early sixties in its simplicity and with its characteristic screen wipers. Much of the substance of this picture lies in the consistent use of these classic stylistic attributes and the nostalgic references to a genre that evolved during the 40's and 50's.
James Caan plays Philip Marlowe
a role that has been portrayed on the big screen by among others Humphrey Bogart, in Howard Hawk's The Big Sleep, and Elliot Gould, in Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye.
BJÖRN HESSLE

Premiärstatus
Skandinavisk premiär: Medverkande
James Caan,Dina Meyer,David Keith: Producent
Tony Mark: Manus
Tom Stoppard: Musik
Michael Small: Talat språk
English