Collected interviews with the unpredictable and controversial filmmaker of M.A.S.H., Nashville, and Short Cuts
In Robert Altman, Mitchell Zuckoff has woven together Altman’s final interviews; an incredible cast of voices including Meryl Streep, Warren Beatty, Paul Newman, among scores of others; and contemporary reviews and news accounts into a ...
A smitten Griffin Mill calls her a 'pragmatic anarchist'. ... The idea was not new – Altman had done the same in Nashville, with Julie Christie and Elliot Gould, and had blended a few real politicians and celebrities with his actors in ...
The most prodigal, prolific, and visionary director to emerge from post-sixties Hollywood, Robert Altman is a man whose mystique sometimes threatens to overshadow his many critically acclaimed films (including MASH).
This book features 23 essays from a range of experts in the field, providing extensive coverage of these aspects and dimensions of Altman’s work.
The life and work of motion picture director Robert Altman (1925-2006) are interpreted from a variety of perspectives in this collection of essays.
Robert Altman: Hollywood Survivor
'Hearing in his own words in Altman on Altman just how much of his films occur spontaneously, as a result of last-minute decisions on set, is fascinating . . . For film lovers, this is just about indispensable.' Ben Sloan,Metro London
The lucidity of the illusionist , the puppeteer , or the filmmaker does battle with the desire to create a believable and lifelike image ” ( Stam 138 ) . Reflexive storytellers simultaneously shatter illusion and comment on the reality ...
gilio R. Martinez would be found guilty of breaking into Democratic Headquarters along with Kissinger aide and finance counsel G. Gordon Liddy. ... [H. R.] Haldeman was indicted the day before we started the shooting. Earl Warren died.
Robert Altman has made a dozen films that can be called great in one way or another, but one of them is perfect, and that one is McCabe & Mrs....