| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
|
 Posted - 11/21/2006 : 16:45:07
|
Altman M*A*S*H*E*D
 [one of the best]
|
Edited by - BaftaBaby on 11/21/2006 16:45:34 |
|
|
lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
|
Posted - 11/21/2006 : 17:44:57
|
| Final Countdown |
 |
|
|
Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
|
Posted - 11/21/2006 : 17:50:39
|
| Cookie's Crumbled. |
|
|
|
Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
|
Posted - 11/21/2006 : 21:09:11
|
 The Decayer. |
|
|
|
turrell
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "
|
Posted - 11/21/2006 : 22:03:29
|
| Ready to Bury (Pret a beret) |
|
|
|
tortoise 
"Still reviewing, but slowly."
|
Posted - 11/21/2006 : 23:13:31
|
| Cut Short. |
|
|
|
Joe Blevins
"Don't I look handsome?"
|
Posted - 11/21/2006 : 23:32:56
|
The Longest Goodbye
Ash-ville
No Longer a Player
Even though he was 81, Robert Altman's death seemed to come out of nowhere for me. I wasn't ready. Because of my (wonderful) local library, I've been catching up on Altman's filmography, and as a result, he seems like this fresh, innovative newcomer to me. I've been knocked out by some of the obscure movies in his filmography: the singularly bizarre Brewster McCloud, the haunting Images, the beautiful and unsettling 3 Women, the subtly tragic-comic California Split, and the astounding Secret Honor, which shows that Altman can be just as effective with a cast of one (Kevin Baker Hall) as he is with his trademark ensemble casts. It's hard to say what surprised me most. Images and 3 Women revealed this creepy, unsettling, almost horror side to Altman that I had no idea about beforehand.
Side note: If you are a fan of The Big Lebowski, you owe it to yourself to see Altman's The Long Goodbye. If you want the missing link between Raymond Chandler and the Coen Brothers, you'll find it in this movie.
The obits will go on about how "erratic" and "inconsistent" he was as a filmmaker, but to me, there are few directors whose work is more consistent: consistently personal, consistently the unmistakable product of a single intellect, etc. (Only Scorsese and Lynch come immediately to mind.) Every movie he made was "a Robert Altman movie," even Popeye. He was never a hack-for-hire.
I know life is short, and we're all busy, but try to find the time to listen to his DVD commentaries or interviews. Few directors have been able to talk about their own work with as much sense and clarity as Altman.
I'm not sure if other filmmakers should try to emulate him or not. He had very particular, perhaps obstinate ideas about filmmaking, and those ideas served him well. But you really have to know what you're doing to pull it off.
Anyway, there's much more to say about Altman and his career, but I'll stop now. |
Edited by - Joe Blevins on 11/21/2006 23:33:30 |
|
|
|
Cheese_Ed 
"The Provolone Ranger"
|
Posted - 11/22/2006 : 01:02:26
|
California Splat.
It is shocking for some reason, but at 81, he was a pretty alt man. |
|
|
|
Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
|
Posted - 11/22/2006 : 02:40:27
|
| Robert ctrl-Alt-del man. |
|
|
|
ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
|
Posted - 11/22/2006 : 09:07:30
|
| Gosford Park Cemetary |
|
|
|
Gentleman Ghost
"Brevity: soul of wit."
|
Posted - 11/22/2006 : 18:41:41
|
Though he's now M*U*S*H or M*U*L*C*H,
he's definitely M*I*S*S*E*D. |
|
|
|
Chris C
"Four words, never backwards."
|
Posted - 11/22/2006 : 20:07:46
|
quote:
Originally posted by Se�n
Robert ctrl-Alt-del man.
 |
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
RIP Robert Altman
