A poignant 20-minute piece on the troubled actor who plays the alcoholic writer Roger Wade. Featuring home-movie footage Hayden shot himself during production. The extra details how Altman had to coax a performance out of Hayden while the actor was fleeing IRS agents and sailing his schooner.
The most haunting extra is the 8mm dailies of the cat. If you know the film, you know the opening ten minutes—Marlowe trying to get his finicky cat to eat the wrong brand of food. The 2021 Blu-ray includes a silent, grainy reel of Altman directing that cat for six hours. No dialogue. Just the director whispering, "Walk left. No, stop." The featurette "Feline Noir: On Set Mayhem" explains that the cat was a rescue who hated Gould. The metaphor is unavoidable: the 1940s Marlowe (the cat) refuses to cooperate with the 1973 version. Eventually, Altman gave up. He kept the cat's resistance in the final cut. That’s the thesis of the whole film: you can’t train the past to eat your present. the long goodbye 1973 extras 1080p bluray 2021
(1973) is a definitive special edition that finally does justice to director Robert Altman and cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond’s unique visual style. Based on a new 4K restoration A poignant 20-minute piece on the troubled actor
The extras on a special edition Blu-ray can vary widely but might include: The most haunting extra is the 8mm dailies of the cat