Robert Altman

Started by classical gas, November 17, 2003, 05:31:25 AM

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Quote from: ABKman18yes, I understand the joke, but I still don't see the humor in it.  In my mind, it doesn't fall under the dark humor category, more like cruel to me. How is it funny to prophetize someone's death.  I'm trying to see it, but I can't.

There's nothing funnier than a funeral.

yeah, haven't you ever heard of "putting the 'fun' back in funeral"?

Rudie Obias

i just watched TANNER 88 and TANNER ON TANNER so i'm a huge robert altman kick right now.  which should i blind buy first, the criterion collection's 3 WOMEN or SECRET HONOR?  which one is worth watching first.  both are the same price.
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Quote from: Bethie
Quote from: ABKman18yes, I understand the joke, but I still don't see the humor in it.  In my mind, it doesn't fall under the dark humor category, more like cruel to me. How is it funny to prophetize someone's death.  I'm trying to see it, but I can't.

There's nothing funnier than a funeral.

yeah, haven't you ever heard of "putting the 'fun' back in funeral"?

ok, now you're getting somewhere....I like where this is going.

Quote from: rudiecorexxxi just watched TANNER 88 and TANNER ON TANNER so i'm a huge robert altman kick right now.  which should i blind buy first, the criterion collection's 3 WOMEN or SECRET HONOR?  which one is worth watching first.  both are the same price.

3 Women is a must for any Altman fan! I haven't seen Secret Honor yet, so don't know what to tell you there.

Alethia

they're both good but i'd go with secret honor first...

Rudie Obias

ok.  now i can't decide to get either VINCENT & THEO, McCABE & MRS. MILLER or IMAGES next.  robert altman is great!!  but i do understand he does have some misses and i don't wanna buy movies like DR. T & THE WOMEN or THE COMPANY again.  help!!
\"a pair of eyes staring at you, projected on a large screen is what cinema is truly about.\" -volker schlöndorff

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McCabe & Mrs. Miller.  Without a doubt.
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What's wrong with The Company?  :(

But, yes, McCabe & Mrs. Miller is a winner. :yabbse-thumbup:
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Alethia

i agree.  not about the company.  and dont even bother with images.

ono

The Company is visual poetry.  Watch it again and let yourself be mesmerized.  Hypnotized, almost.  I still remember the dance in the rain.  And the umbrellas.

ABKman18

I love the Company as well.  that film feels like a blissful wonder to watch.

soixante

I think all of Altman's films are worth seeing -- except maybe Beyond Therapy.

I've always felt that Three Women is somewhat overrated.  I think California Split and Long Goodbye deserve a lot more attention.
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I've always felt that Three Women is somewhat overrated.

Couldn't agree with you more.
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Altman to Direct Arthur Miller Play

Hollywood filmmaker Robert Altman is to direct the first British production of "Resurrection Blues," one of the last works by American playwright Arthur Miller.

Kevin Spacey, the artistic director of London's Old Vic Theatre, announce the collaboration on Thursday.

It is the first time that Altman, now 80, will direct for the London stage.

Spacey said "Resurrection Blues," a black comedy which had its world premiere in Minneapolis in 2002, "is a remarkable play, very funny and provocative and challenging."

"This is one of the last plays Arthur Miller was working on right up until the last weeks of his life," Spacey said.

"Arthur Miller had hoped it would premiere in London and was so pleased the possibility was in the air that it would come to the Old Vic because he loved this theater. We want to see that particular dream of Miller's come true."

Miller died Feb. 10 at age 89.

Set in a South American banana republic, "Resurrection Blues" is the story of a messianic rebel leader who is captured and sentenced to death by crucifixion. A U.S. production company decides to film the execution for TV.

Altman has more than 30 movies to his credit and five Academy Award nominations for directing, though he hasn't won an Oscar.

He recently completed shooting a movie based on humorist Garrison Keillor's popular radio show "A Prairie Home Companion" and plans a movie of "Resurrection Blues."

His other movies include "MASH," "Nashville," "The Player," and "Short Cuts."

In an interview with The Associated Press last month, Altman said he would go on making movies "as long as I last and as long as people allow me to do it."
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Quote from: Cinephilespoilers: altman will die during the production.
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Altman Helming Tortoise and the Hare
Source: Mary October 12, 2005

According to Screen Daily, Gosford Park director Robert Altman is returning to the UK to film The Tortoise and the Hare, due to shoot in London next year from a screenplay by Andrew Davies.

Emma Thompson is in talks to board the film, likely to be financed by Picturehouse. The project is being produced by Alan Ladd Jr.

"It's a relationship movie," Ladd commented. "There are four major parts and a couple of other very good parts, but it is not a big ensemble like 'Gosford Park'."
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