Robert Altman's "The Company"

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cine

April 03, 2003, 06:05:11 PM
I can't wait for Altman's new dramatic musical, which stars Neve Campbell, Malcolm McDowell, and James Franco. Quite the odd cast for starters. Altman's answer to "Nashville" almost 30 years later? Let's hope.

Duck Sauce

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April 03, 2003, 07:27:03 PM
Quote from: CinephileI can't wait for Altman's new dramatic musical, which stars Neve Campbell, Malcolm McDowell, and James Franco. Quite the odd cast for starters. Altman's answer to "Nashville" almost 30 years later? Let's hope.

What do you mean by "answer" ?

bonanzataz

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April 03, 2003, 08:03:57 PM
Fuckin' Altman!  :yabbse-wink:
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Ernie

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April 03, 2003, 08:23:33 PM
Oh, that sounds cool. I've been wanting to see my good friend (and humble narr-ay-tor...as the genius himself pronounces it) Alex again for a loooooooooong time. I've also been wanting Altman to make another awesome movie after the imo horrible...Gosford Park and Dr T & The Woman.

Is it coming out this year by any chance? I wouldn't mind another movie to look forward to...I never do. I need a hell of a lot more to look forward to over the summer, there is shit coming out during my favorite season this year.

cowboykurtis

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April 03, 2003, 09:07:17 PM
did you guys know he shot his new picture on 24p? they were shooting it here in chicago -- i knew some of the people working on it. they said altman was the man. it sounds like he has a unique way of working --- as you all know, he shoots with multiple cameras. he has a microphone system in all the camera operators ears, he'll tell them to zoom or pan based on this multiple monitor set up that he uses. do you guys know if he works like this with the camera operators on all his film? it sounds like they werent using rehearsed camera moves at all, it was just all improved depending on what altman saw as the actors moved through the scene. wish i could have seen him run the set.
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Pedro

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April 03, 2003, 11:41:06 PM
Quote from: cowboykurtisdid you guys know he shot his new picture on 24p? they were shooting it here in chicago -- i knew some of the people working on it. they said altman was the man. it sounds like he has a unique way of working --- as you all know, he shoots with multiple cameras. he has a microphone system in all the camera operators ears, he'll tell them to zoom or pan based on this multiple monitor set up that he uses. do you guys know if he works like this with the camera operators on all his film? it sounds like they werent using rehearsed camera moves at all, it was just all improved depending on what altman saw as the actors moved through the scene. wish i could have seen him run the set.

That's fucking cool.  I'd love to direct something like that.

©brad

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April 04, 2003, 03:54:43 AM
The microphone thing is an Altman trademark, he's been doin it for a long time. Nice to see neve campell return from the cave she's been hiding in the past 4 years.

i think gosford park maybe altman's best film yet.

Ghostboy

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April 04, 2003, 04:04:35 AM
I knew about the multiple microphones, but not the multiple cameras -- that's awesome! What a fantastic way to direct.  And yes, Gosford Park is his best film since Short Cuts, by far.

cowboykurtis

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April 04, 2003, 10:53:29 AM
i didn't mean multiple microphones as in audio tracks. i meant he has microphones in the camera operators' ears to sepak with them and direct them for camera movement as the scene plays out.
...your excuses are your own...

©brad

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April 04, 2003, 11:49:23 AM
ahh, i see. i wasn't aware of that.

cine

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April 04, 2003, 01:06:07 PM
What I love about Altman with his attitude towards people talking at once is that he's been doing it since he started making movies. In the mid to late 60's.. he made a Warner Bros. (I think) film.. and it was one of the Warners, if I do recall, who bitched and complained about how the film wouldn't sell because "everybodys talking at one time!!!" I love how he's always had that mindset to have everyone talking.. a big community of people together. You can see it done so well in "MASH" that you just have to laugh your ass off.. when you know Altman wants to do it and he knows some executives HATE it.. the scenes look like blatant slaps in the face... mainly when everyone introduces each other.
and DS, I was raising the question that maybe its going to be Altman making the next big "Nashville".. 'answer' as in.. I can't think of a greater film thats succeeded "Nashville".. as it relates to what he was trying to achieve with his great filmmaking with drama/music.  Maybe Altman will try to top himself.  Perhaps he'll have Campbell write songs since she can write them as it is.

Ernie

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April 04, 2003, 01:22:49 PM
Quote from: cbrad4dahh, i see. i wasn't aware of that.

Neither was I. That set must be a bitch to handle with those huge casts he has. That's probably why he does such long takes.

cine

#12
April 04, 2003, 10:51:56 PM
That 'long takes' comment reminds me of something that really pisses me off about the average person: their low attention span.
People who can't watch an Allen, Altman, Kubrick, PTA, Scorsese, etc. movie revert to films like "Armageddon".. and thats unfortunate.

MacGuffin

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May 15, 2003, 10:21:52 AM
Hayek & Franco in Robert Altman's Ultraviolet

Variety says that Robert Altman (The Company) will dissect the back-stabbing New York art scene in his next movie Ultraviolet, which will star Salma Hayek and James Franco.

The $16 million pic will be Hayek's first role since her Oscar-nominated turn in Frida. It's set to shoot in September, financed by London-based Capitol Films.

The film, scripted by Jeffrey Lewis, was in development at Focus Features, but Focus is no longer involved with the project.
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godardian

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May 15, 2003, 11:34:13 AM
Quote from: CinephileThat 'long takes' comment reminds me of something that really pisses me off about the average person: their low attention span.
People who can't watch an Allen, Altman, Kubrick, PTA, Scorsese, etc. movie revert to films like "Armageddon".. and thats unfortunate.

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