altman

One of the peculiar scenes of the Long Goodbye was the final scene of Marlowe shooting Terry Lennox. This scene struck me as being very out of place in the film with Marlowe being serious and the violence which he seems to avoid throughout the other part of the film. Such a blatant turn of events seems like a ridiculous way to end the film that has been laid back the whole time. I think that the confrontation is a necessary scene but the abrupt shooting kind of ruined the ending for me. This was exaggerated by the fact that the shooting was very over-the-top with Lennox flying back into the river. I would have had Marlowe bring him back to the US and turn him over to the police to create a better ending.