The Hollywood duplex in which Elliot Gould’s Phillip Marlowe lived in Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye is for sale––and with its balconies, tower elevator, hilltop view and undeniable cinephile cred, its asking price of $875,000 looks unbelievably attractive to those of us jaded by New York’s impossible real estate market. You can watch a virtual tour of the property in its current state, set to what I can only assume is the soundtrack lifted from a masterpiece of new age erotica, here. For comparison, I’ve embedded the opening scene of The Long Goodbye above.
Via This Recording.
whoa that’s crazy. i used to live right there in that neighborhood. i wasted 6 months of being there before i finally realized that i was living in the same building as phillip marlowe in the long goodbye, and could therefore brag profusely about it.
i eventually moved out - a decision i still regret - because the traffic by the hollywood bowl was horrendous, and also it took forever to get up and down from that place. and if you made it to your car, but then realized you forgot something in your apt…ugh.
and also, they didn’t have that erotic muzak coming out of speakers there, which only could’ve helped.