So 3 decades ago.
“You don’t belong in NASHVILLE.”
Who does?
What a crap era for “serious” films. Absent drugs, his oeuvre is so boring.
I WATCH ALTMAN FILMS ALL THE TIME...ONE OF THE GREAT DIRECTORS.
shareYeah, I agree. He abused his cast & crew into making the most perfect version of what he had in mind... except that his mind, chewn up and shat out by ganja, wasn't capable of having vision beyond the issues that plague vipers (ganja addicts)... trivial issues twisted out of shape.
When I started watching his movies I thought he was schizophrenic, but then I found out about his addiction.
Yet the devil ain't that black, once you go through a few Altman movies (I recommend "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" and "California Split" as they cover his entire range and don't scratch you on the eyes... or the ears...), you will be able to recognize specific patters in the movies of other directors too... "been there done that," a 5th page newspaper column meant for TV and shot for cinema can only take you so far.