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Robert Altman, 1925-2006: A Film Festival

by Liz

News broke today that legendary director Robert Altman passed away at the age of 81. During his fifty-five-yar career, Altman gained a reputation as an inventive and prolific director, and he was nominated five times for Best Director by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, though he never won. In 2007, the Academy honored him with the prestigious (but honorary) Lifetime Achievement Award.

As we take a moment of silence, I’d like to propose a Robert Altman Memorial Film Festival:

MASH (1970)
Nashville (1975)
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, because I love the title
The Player (1992)
Short Cuts (1993)
Pret a Porter (1994), in honor of my maternal grandmother, who saw it with her friend Alphilde and didn’t like it because of all of the naked ladies
Gosford Park (2001)
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

Thanks for what you did, Robert.

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Posted in Film festivals on November 21st, 2006

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2 Responses to “Robert Altman, 1925-2006: A Film Festival”

  1. Sarah Says:
    November 23rd, 2006 at 11:42 am

    I know, isn’t it sad? I loooove Mash (or at least I did when I saw it ten years ago) and enjoyed Short Cuts. Other than that, I have to say I am pretty much an Altman virgin. Maybe I should add some of his work to my Netflix.

  2. Ben Says:
    December 1st, 2006 at 6:11 am

    I really despise most of Robert Altman’s movies, but Pret a Porter has a special place in my heart. Aulfhidle, we hardly knew ye…

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