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He made some good films...I'm sorry to see him go...

RIP....I liked his style of filmmaking, those interwoven stories and the characters in them.

no...

well, there goes one of my dreams unrealized....

always wanted to be in an altman film...not that im an actor...or in filmmaking....but there's something to authentic about his films...

so fitting that A Praire Home Companion is his final film...its even more bittersweat that Virginia Madsen's role as "Angel of Death" was originally a minor character made larger...maybe Altman realized his time was coming...



Class Act Mr. Altman he is.

bad news, though he left us with so many films. i guess now i finally have the chance to catch up on them.

Oh man.

Anx said:

you should put several on at the same time to get the proper effect

Loved his stuff, particularly Short Cuts, but also Nashville and of course MASH.

What was the English murder mystery he did recently?

NDRU said:

gosford park

cborgman said:

right, that was good. pretty different from his other stuff.

NDRU said:

i think the highlights would be
mash
mccabe & mrs. miller
nashville
come back to the five and dime, jimmy dean, jimmy dean
shortcuts
gosford park
prarie home companion

cborgman said:

The Player was huge critically & commercially, also.

I first heard this when some lame ass DJ said "Oh and Robert Altman died....he was old!". Asshole!

VinnyM27 said:

NDRU said:

oh, shit. i forgot:

the player
3 women

Dr T & The Women had to be one of the worst titles ever. I would have never watched a movie with that title starring Richard Gere unless I had knew who did it.

The Delinquents (1957) (Altman's big-screen directorial debut)
The James Dean Story (1957) (documentary) (co-dir: George W. George)
The Katherine Reed Story (1965) (short documentary)
Pot au feu (1965) (short)
Countdown (1968)
That Cold Day in the Park (1969)
MASH (1970)
Brewster McCloud (1970)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Images (1972)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Thieves Like Us (1974)
California Split (1974)
Nashville (1975)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
3 Women (aka Robert Altman's 3 Women) (1977)
A Wedding (1978)
Quintet (1979)
A Perfect Couple (1979)
Health (1980)
Popeye (1980)
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
Streamers (1983)
Secret Honor (1984)
O.C. & Stiggs (1984) (released in 1987)
Fool for Love (1985)
Beyond Therapy (1987)
Aria (1987) - segment: Les Boréades
Vincent & Theo (1990)
The Player (1992)
Short Cuts (1993)
Prêt-à-Porter aka Ready to Wear (1994)
Kansas City (1996)
The Gingerbread Man (1998)
Cookie's Fortune (1999)
Dr. T & the Women (2000)
Gosford Park (2001)
The Company (2003)
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

wow.....some real gems he made

I actually had a little cry.

I read an article recently that said cinema was "so twentieth century". I cried a little for that too.

I gasped when I read this online. A true legend, I really loved Shortcuts & Nashville. DAMN, we're losing too many right now