Fuck Yeah Robert Altman: Archive

Fuck Yeah Robert Altman

May 2012

2 posts

Altman Documentary in the Works →

Documentary filmmaker Ron Mann (“Go Further,” “Grass”) is presenting his latest project, a doc on the life of Robert Altman, to buyers at Cannes this week. Mann began work on the project last year and has Altman’s wife Kathryn Reed Altman and producer Matthew Seig (“Tanner ‘88,” “Kansas City”) already on board. Variety reports: The...

April 2012

2 posts

"That Cold Day in the Park" Being Restored by UCLA

Not sure how I missed this news, if it’s all to be believed, but here goes: The Film Foundation and the UCLA Film & TV Archive have a restoration of Altman’s early 1969 thriller That Cold Day in the Park in the works. This is big news for Altman completists who, like myself, consider the film to be an early gem in the filmmaker’s ouvre. Park has previously only been...

More Details on Aero's "Wednesdays with Altman"... →

The American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica kicked things off with a bang, beginning their two-month weekly Altman screenings with one of my faves, McCabe & Mrs. Miller. The print was predictably not in the greatest shape, but it was a fantastic experience seeing it on the big screen. Here’s what’s coming up on the schedule: The Player (4/11 @ 7:30PM); Come Back...

March 2012

4 posts

Altman Retrospective Headed to the American... →

Not sure how many of you out there are West Coasters, but it seems like the always wonderful American Cinematheque (which programs films at both the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica) is prepping a “Wednesdays with Altman” series in April. They’ve yet to release a full April calendar but so far you can buy tickets for the 4/4 screening of McCabe...

February 2012

7 posts

Scorsese on Altman

During a 4-hour interview with Fast Company, Scorsese apparently name-dropped so many films, the magazine’s website felt compelled to compile them all in a glossary of sorts. Altman pops up more than a couple times: Kansas City: “This is one of the great jazz movies ever. If you could hang on with Altman, you were going to go on one of the great rides of your lives.” M*A*S*H: “I saw it at...

Jonathan Rosenbaum on "California Split"

Found another “California Split” gem from the always fantastic Jonathan Rosenbaum. In this analysis, Rosenbaum calls attention to the film’s pioneering use of 8-track recording and highlights the freedom that afforded Altman and the actors during production. He also rightfully hails the two lead actors: In what might be his best performance to date, Gould is a perpetual live...

PopMatters Revisits "California Split"

Stumbled upon this fantastic October 2011 entry of PopMatters’ “ReFramed” column in which two contributors shine some light on oft-overlooked films from the past. These two have some great insights into “California Split” and give voice to what I’ve been feeling for years now: The under-recognized work of Altman is just as accessible and digestible as his...

January 2012

2 posts

December 2011

2 posts

Martin Scorsese on Robert Altman [via Fast Company]

August 2011

2 posts

David Gordon Green on Robert Altman

A man who once seemed primed to assume the Altman throne, filmmaker David Gordon Green has fallen upon (at best) puzzling times lately. While he cut his teeth on painfully beautiful, delightfully improvisatory films like George Washington and All the Real Girls, he’s recently taken to courting the studios with depressingly middling fare such as Your Highness and the upcoming Jonah Hill...

June 2011

2 posts

The AV Club Provides You With An Altman Primer →

The Onion AV Club today posted an in-depth look at Altman’s career, covering just about everything you could ask for. Personally, I find several of their judgements on the lesser-known films to be pretty boring (they’re not crazy about Buffalo Bill, HEALTH, or Pret-a-Porter, but they’ll praise Dr. T?), but this piqued my interest: Altman was much more on-point with 1979’s A...

“Robert Altman, of course, made it a fine art: background conversations and...”

– Steven Spielberg, in a recent AICN interview about Jaws (of all things)

May 2011

2 posts

April 2011

1 post

March 2011

1 post

February 2011

8 posts

BAFTA Gosford Park Q&A →

Simon Relph chairs this interview with Robert Altman and screenwriter Julian Fellowes discussing their 2001 film Gosford Park. Conducted November 8, 2001. #AltmanAudioDay

Robert Altman Delivers the 2002 David Lean Lecture... →

The British Academy of Film and Television’s annual David Lean Lecture Series was given by Altman in February 2002. Listen to the hour-long audio podcast by clicking the link in the headline. #AltmanAudioDay

Museum of the Moving Image - Robert Altman →

The Museum of the Moving Image offers a half-hour audio interview with Altman from April 29, 2006, conducted after a screening of his 1996 film, Kansas City. [Note: headline links to a direct mp3 download] #AltmanAudioDay

Movie Geeks United: The Robert Altman Legacy →

The podcast Movie Geeks United interviewed Mitchell Zuckoff (author of the fantastic Robert Altman: The Oral Biography—please tell me you guys have read this) about the writing of his book, his relationship with Altman, and the legacy of the great filmmaker. #AltmanAudioDay

Altman Audio Day

because why not

John Farr Remembers Robert Altman

John Farr over at The Huffington Post has just written a retrospective on what he views as some of Altman’s best works in anticipation of the director’s 85th birthday in a few weeks. Farr describes Altman, whom he had the great fortune of meeting in 2004, as being “one of the more generous and unassuming people I’d ever encountered.” He also relates a comment Altman...

January 2011

1 post

November 2010

3 posts

CriterionCast Thinks "The Long Goodbye" Should Be... →

Obviously, so do I.

September 2010

3 posts

Trailer for Thieves Like Us (1974)

My God, What Have I Done

I don’t know how we reached this place. Work started piling up and before I knew it it’d been weeks since the last Altman update. I will try my darnedest to maintain some semblance of consistency of output in the coming months. Do accept my apologies, friends, and know that they are sincere. More to come!

August 2010

13 posts