Robert Altman passed away yesterday
 

Boy did I love his work, and will miss him!

Mike


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Wow, that is big news! I like my copy of Short Cuts. Not many directors left who have the clout to tell a story without a coat of gloss:(

Robert Altman passed away yesterday
 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html

I haven't seen this mentioned here, so I thought I'd post it. I'm sure his work has influenced many contributors to this board.

This just stinks. I was going to try and write something poignant, but all I can think of is how much this stinks.

McCabe and Mrs. Miller is a great, brilliant movie. The ending sticks with you like knife in the gut.

Sad to see this television/film icon leave us. His techniques spawned entirely new kinds of film and television. Probably only known for M*A*S*H*, he was the first director to openly encourage improvisation for television. "Popeye" was not all as bad as many thought it to be; I still enjoy seeing it from time to time.

I just watched 'The Company' a couple of weeks ago. Now this is a ballet movie and I'm no ballet fan, but I always loved the way Altman could contrive a seemingly effortless authenticity in his movies. Often with that overlapping dialogue or as in the case of 'The Company', there is a scene where weather threatens an outdoor ballet, and you're near certain someone will slip and end their career, yet nothing happens. Later, a dancer's career ends to no fanfare whatsoever.

Can you imagine still being productive and relevant at age 80?

Definitely, one of my favorite directors.

My fave of his was M*A*S*H* and The Player as well as Short Cuts. That long tracking shot in The Player was awesome, kind of the pre-cursor to all those long walking and talking shots used today.

R.I.P. Mr. Altman

PS: Popeye was fun in a strange, surreal kind of way.

If you didn't see it, it was posted here before by me.

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=80117

Maybe we can cancel one of these threads and or combine them out of respect for Mr. Altman.

Mike

he was amazing! I'm a huge fan!

His segways in "short cuts" were amazing! He was able to make poetry out of chaos.

also.... his last film.... "lonesome home companion" was shot intirely on F900's... so was "the company" he loved the new digital HD and the instant dailies!

see artical here:
http://digitalcontentproducer.com/mi...deo_filmic_hd/

A nice Altman story here.

http://www.b-roll.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16733