Better late than never to give a shout out to the recently deceased Robert Altman Feb. 25, 1925-Nov. 20, 2006. Altman directed a few of my fave films including MASH, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, The Long Goodbye, Nashville, Shortcuts, Gosford Park. I always loved how he could draw me into a film to the point of forgetting where I was. I almost felt a part of the film. He never enjoyed the mass popularity of some of his peers, but I believe that due to his method of story telling. Never one to cater to the mainstream, Altman was a director for the intellectual/artistic audience. His free speaking improve dialogue added a touch more reality to his work and his way of overlapping dialogue and characters was masterful. I know many people who were not a fan of Altman, but I defy any one of them to not find at least one of his films in their list of classics.
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Not the Colonel, but the Master.
Yeah, I love his work too.
It is sad.
He had a good run. My fave film by Altman is McCabe and Mrs. Miller. Not because it was his best film (because it wasn't), but sometimes you are just in the perfect frame of mind to watch a movie and when you do it rocks your world. Like after I watched Taxi Driver for the first time. I walked out of the Bloor Cinema and felt like I was stoned out of my gourd.
MASH was life changing.
I think the t.v. show although good was pretty dulled down.
the colonel...hee hee
MASH, Shortcuts (tore my heart out in places), NASHVILLE. Oh, Nashville...
The part in Shortcuts that got me was the cake business. Lyle pulled that off and I actually liked Andie MacDowell who usually is akin to nails on a chalkboard.
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