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11-21-2006, 11:19 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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R.I.P. Robert Altman
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11-21-2006, 11:54 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PDX
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That's too bad.
After being exposed to only his '80s and onward cameo-fests, I considered Altman vastly overrated for the longest time...until I started delving into his later work and really enjoyed a ton of it. M.A.S.H. was great, McCabe and Mrs. Miller is one of my all time favorites, The Long Goodbye, etc. etc. |
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11-21-2006, 11:57 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Annapolis, Md
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The Player makes my list of favorite movies of all time. His work has been hit or miss with me (and with many) but when he hit, he really hit.
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11-21-2006, 12:04 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: New Mexico
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" Short Cuts is probably my favorite Altman movie. |
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11-21-2006, 12:09 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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I never saw much of his films, but his work was a pretty important part of a film history class I took in college. The small pieces of his work that I did see were excellent.
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11-21-2006, 12:52 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: North Carolina
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Wow, as a huge movie fan this is a big loss. Short Cuts is my favorite of his
Although I didn't see it, I dont doubt he realized the possible poetic nature of closing his career with A Prairie Home Companion, which was about a long-time radio show putting on it's final performance.
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