Chandler's "Playback" To Be Set In 1950's Vancouver...
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According to reports, Vancouver-based artist Stan Douglas is developing a film project, based on an original screenplay by author Raymond Chandler.
Premise of "Playback", set in 1950's Vancouver, follows an American woman who crosses the border into Canada to escape imprisonment for a crime she didn't commit, only to find herself as the prime suspect in another crime in Vancouver. 
The film will be set alongside the Granville Street strip and other local landmarks that gave vibrancy to the city, against a background of what was then regarded as the 'endemic' corruption of the local police force.
Author Chandler, had an immense stylistic influence on the 'private eye' story, now characteristic of the crime genre, by creating protagonist 'Philip Marlowe'.
Enlisting in the Canadian Army in 1917, Chandler fought on the front lines of France and upon his discharge, lived in Vancouver where he crafted his screenplay, eventually turning it into a novel, before returning to live in the US...
According to reports, Vancouver-based artist Stan Douglas is developing a film project, based on an original screenplay by author Raymond Chandler.
Premise of "Playback", set in 1950's Vancouver, follows an American woman who crosses the border into Canada to escape imprisonment for a crime she didn't commit, only to find herself as the prime suspect in another crime in Vancouver. 
The film will be set alongside the Granville Street strip and other local landmarks that gave vibrancy to the city, against a background of what was then regarded as the 'endemic' corruption of the local police force.
Author Chandler, had an immense stylistic influence on the 'private eye' story, now characteristic of the crime genre, by creating protagonist 'Philip Marlowe'.
Enlisting in the Canadian Army in 1917, Chandler fought on the front lines of France and upon his discharge, lived in Vancouver where he crafted his screenplay, eventually turning it into a novel, before returning to live in the US...
