LOS ANGELES--Maverick filmmaker Robert Altman (1925-2006)has died in a Los Angeles hospital of currently undisclosed-causes, though a heart-attack is likely. Mr. Altman was known for directing M.A.S.H. (1970), Nashville (1975), 3 Women (1977), Gosford Park (2001), Short Cuts (1993), The Player (1992), Prarie Home Companion (2006), Private Honor (1984, one of my favorites), and many-more classics of independent film. He was a great man who showed the world that Hollywood isn't the only-route to make a movie, a member of a dying-breed of indie-filmmakers in a world of followers and yes-men (like Uwe Boll). Robert Altman was also a veteran of WWII. He will be missed by millions because he loved people. I recommend virtually all of his films, just not Kansas City, it's awful! ;0) I strongly-recommend cineastes watch his Private Honor, however, it is a damning-statement on our political system by none-other than the late Richard Nixon. Nixon mailed Altman a signed-copy of one of his own books after seeing the film. He loved it.PS: It appears Mr. Altman died from complications related to cancer. What a man.
I heard over 30 people will be delivering eulogies.
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Oh come on, Robert would have laughed.
Hilarious! Heya, I gotta recommend that movie, Let's Go to Prison. I was sad about Bob, so I had to celebrate his life by seeing a movie (an indie!).
ReplyDeleteso sad. i loved {the player}
ReplyDeleteThe Player is great, isn't it? Hollywood, boulevard of broken-dreams. Yes, it is sad when we lose someone. This time of year is very-hard for myself and my family, we lost my Grandmother and Grandfather during this season, it hurts. It hurts even more when Altman is a WWII veteran like your Grandfather was, and that he was also from Kansas and died at the same age. Robert Altman was the best, possibly one of the finest American directors of the late-20th Century. The loss is large.
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