One of Altman's best movies. But it's a lot more Altmanesque than Chandleresque. A crazy cast, too: Sterling Hayden is great, and ex-pitcher Jim Bouton ("Ball Four") has a small but critical role. And Arnold himself has a cameo!
Also whenever I see Elliott Gould in his prime I get pissed off at how a guy with so much talent could just burn right through it with massive amounts of cocaine.
I found it problematic the way they contrast Gould's innocent child of the 40s with the supposedly grown-up, shades-of-gray world of the 70s. But they took away my one-star so I'll just leave it at that.