A featurette (approx. 21 mins) exploring the director's career and this film's place within it.
: Includes reversible art and a limited edition O-card slipcase (available on early pressings). Kino Lorber Special Features & Extras the long goodbye 1973 extras 1080p bluray 2021
Robert Altman's direction in "The Long Goodbye" is a masterclass in cinematic storytelling. His use of location shooting, coupled with a deliberate pacing, created a sense of realism that immersed viewers in the world of 1950s Los Angeles. The film's cinematography, handled by John A. Alonzo, added to the overall atmosphere, capturing the bleakness and desolation of the city's landscape. A featurette (approx
, providing deep context on the production and Altman’s unique style. Rip Van Marlowe (24 mins) Kino Lorber Special Features & Extras Robert Altman's
Let’s start with the obvious: Vilmos Zsigmond’s cinematography has never looked this beautifully bleached. The 2021 1080p transfer (sourced from a new 4K master) refuses to scrub away the flaws. The halation around car headlights, the grain in the Malibu beach house, the sickly yellow-green of the LA smog—it’s all intact. This is not a shiny, HDR-blasted revision. It is a hangover. You feel the heat radiating off the frame. The extras contextualize why: this was Altman’s "flattened" look, meant to make the wealthy (Sterling Hayden’s drunken writer) look just as grimy as the street thugs.
