Altman

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Audience Member Informative window into a man I was not very familiar with. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/19 Full Review Audience Member Robert Altman is a fascinating director who received training in the early days of television before becoming a director/writer/producer of feature films. This documentary about his life includes many clips from his films and many interviewees who worked with him. He was especially known for films with large ensemble casts and natural sounding overlapping dialogue, so there are an incredible number of well known celebrity faces who contribute anecdotes about Altman on and off set. A straightforward biographical documentary that is well made. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member "Altman" es un sentido documental sobre el maestro Robert Altman, un director de espíritu salvaje y contestatario que para bien y para mal, siempre se puso a las reglas impuestas por Hollywood. Se abordan sus inicios en la televisión, y sus obras más importantes, pero se dejan de lado los trabajos menores que dejan una sensación de que faltó mucho por cubrir. De todas formas, cualquier amante del cine debería ver este retrato de un autor que se extraña cada vez más. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member "Altman" es un sentido documental sobre el maestro Robert Altman, un director de espíritu salvaje y contestatario que para bien y para mal, siempre se puso a las reglas impuestas por Hollywood. Se abordan sus inicios en la televisión, y sus obras más importantes, pero se dejan de lado los trabajos menores que dejan una sensación de que faltó mucho por cubrir. De todas formas, cualquier amante del cine debería ver este retrato de un autor que se extraña cada vez más. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member For me Robert Altman's career is summed up by one participating critic's view of the acclaimed director who calls him 'Imaginative, but inconsistent'. His best work (Nashville; Three Women) is truly great and can be watched again and again. However, it is truly disconcerting to be reminded in this otherwise very entertaining documentary of just how many of his films were duds (Quintet; Secret Honour), disappointing (Images; A Prairie Home Companion) or just plain over rated (Mash; McCabe and Mrs Miller). The fact that he was held in the highest esteem by those who worked for him is never in doubt and whilst talking heads are kept to a minimum, the likes of Julianne Moore, Elliot Gould and Lily Tomlin rhapsodise gushingly as to what they feel the term 'Altmanesque' represents. Needless to say their interpretations leave me fascinated if somewhat bewildered. Impressively the doc uses location footage for some of his films which is insightful and the inclusion of home footage also personalises the man. We learn about the origins of Lions gate films which he set up, his controversial use of over lapping sound, and we also get a peek at his TV work and the unreleased short films that he made before his big break came (inexplicably in my opinion) with MASH. He is undoubtedly a director with talent and the documentary is a fitting and welcome tribute to him. I just wish that I liked his films more. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member I am a big fan of Altman do found this interesting but it is a rather standard documentary and I feel it could have gone deeper. Altman was a fascinating person with many great films, 90mins isn't enough to adequately tell his story. But for now, this film will do and it's worth watching for fans of the director. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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