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 Post subject: some recent Robert Altman films I've watched
PostPosted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 9:10 pm 
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Altman also did MASH, Nashville, The Player, Gosford Park, and recently A Prairie Home Companion. He's great at working with huge casts, and his camera work is very signature. Lots of panning/movement/zooms.

Short Cuts is about 3 hours long, it's based on a book that's made of several different stories that take place in the suburbs of Los Angeles. 3 Women is a little more creepy and surreal about some women who work at a spa in the Arizona desert. Both are Criterion DVDs.

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Short Cuts is fucking phenomenal. It shits all over what Crash wanted to be.


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Athletic Supporter wrote:
Short Cuts is fucking phenomenal. It shits all over what Crash wanted to be.


Short Cuts shits on most films

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i just saw short cuts a couple weeks ago.


i don't really know what else to say here. it's one of the most well-made films i've ever seen.

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 Post subject: Re: some recent Robert Altman films I've watched
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I guess this is as good as any for an all-purpose Altman thread. I love this guy. I'm trying to finish seeing all his best known stuff. McCabe and Mrs. Miller was the last one I saw and it was great.

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