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Posted by MF DU on 2006-11-21 15:31:14 +0000

Robert Altman

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/21/movies/22altmancnd.html?hp&ex=1164171600&en=def5c91efcff42c3&ei=5094&partner=homepage">RIP</a>

Should probably fire up <i>Nashville</i>, <i>MASH</i>, and <i>Short Cuts</i> for a mini-Altman Turkey Day film festival...

Also, I have <i>A Prairie Home Companion</i> queued up in the Netflix land...

Im bummed. Altman was pretty rad, dooder.
Posted by tgl on 2006-11-21 16:15:09 +0000
<i>PHC</i> probably killed him. Watched it on Sunday night. It wasn't a waste of time, but I wouldn't recommend it.

For what it's worth, Altman and Keillor on Charlie Rose was fascinating. Now that I've seen the movie, I'm pretty sure they loathed each other.

Oh yeah. Too bad he's dead.
Posted by jbcardinale on 2006-11-21 16:26:40 +0000
going back...props to The Long Goodbye, probably Elliot Gould's best performance and the obscure Three Women with Shelly Duval and Sissy Spacek.
Posted by MF DU on 2006-11-21 16:49:41 +0000
Just netflixed it. Thx.
Posted by tommy on 2006-11-21 17:18:25 +0000
I loved PHC!

I'll need to go back and fill in some holes now. I've never seen Long Goodbye, for example.

Pret-a-Porter was the only Altman film I've seen that I didn't thoroughly enjoy.
Posted by tommy on 2006-11-21 17:24:51 +0000
I take this back! I did not thoroughly enjoy The Gingerbread Man... but I didn't dislike it either.
Posted by MF DU on 2006-11-21 17:36:14 +0000
I remember reading somewhere that before Altman got the PHC gig that the production group insuring the film insisted that there be a director understudy in the event Altman was to expire in mid-pic. If I'm not mistaken, the understudy was <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0000759/">P T Anderson</a>...
Posted by Honar the librarian on 2006-11-22 12:11:39 +0000
Couldn't agree more re: Gould.

For a fantastic, if somewhat depressing, possibly elegiac, double feature, might I recommend McCabe & Mrs. Miller/ The Long Goodbye?

RIP indeed.
Posted by Miriam on 2006-11-22 13:11:10 +0000
Gosford Park=one of my favorites. Gotta love Clive Owen.
Posted by tgl on 2006-11-22 13:23:35 +0000
I would be careful who I'm recommending <i>PHC</i> too, how about that?

I guess I was expecting a lot more from it. I really wanted to love it, but I didn't. I had no expectations for <i>Gosford Park</i>, which might be why I enjoyed it so much.


I think my main problem with <i>PHC</i> was the angel character... Kline didn't really work for me as Guy Noir, either. The death-life-one-door-closes-another-opens was a bit too overwhelming. The angel character sort of acted like a voice-over. I don't need the angel to remind me that this movie is about death.

The Dusty-Lefty joke bit was great. I always love the joke shows.

Posted by tommy on 2006-11-22 13:53:07 +0000
Maybe expectations is the key. I saw it in the theatre on a nothing-else-to-do night. It's no masterpiece, but I enjoyed the whole thing. I thought just the ambience of the movie was great.

I absolutely cannot say "Prairie Home Companion"... when I try to, "Prairie Home Invasion" comes out.

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Posted by tgl on 2006-11-22 14:39:30 +0000
Jello/Mojo collaboration is something I've been meaning to check out.

My copy of <i>Bo-Day-Shus</i> was stolen long ago. Does that mean I can legally steal tracks of the internets?

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The cinematography of <i>PHC</i> was wonderful. Dark but soft and warm. Like listening to radio.
Posted by MF DU on 2006-11-22 14:45:00 +0000
awesome record FWIW...
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