Yes, he died.  Remember we learned at last year's Academy Awards show that he had had a heart transplant?  Well, it gave out apparently.

I sure loved Nashville.  And Short Cuts.  And Three Women.  Oh, and the Player!  Loved that.

McCabe and Mrs Miller drove me nuts.  The sound thing with all the voices overlapping.

Didn't like that one in the British mansion -- what was it called???  The murder mystery that went on way too long with way too little drama.  Gosford Park!

Well, I didn't like Altman.  But I loved some of his films.  I'm sure he had some very wonderful aspects to his persona though.  He really liked actors unlike Alfred Hitchcock or even Stanley Kubrick, if that can be viewed as a plus. 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

My theory by A. Elk, brackets, Miss, brackets. This theory goes as follows and begins now. All brontosauruses are thin at one end, much much thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end. That is my theory, it is mine, and it belongs to me, and I own it, and what it is, too.

Ange's Odyssey

Here's a quiz on how well you know Robert Altman.

Here's my score... 9 out of 10.

How well do you know Robert Altman?

You scored 9 out of a possible 10
Popeyed. Frankly, this is a little uncanny. Surely no one has such insider knowledge of Bob's wild life and times. We can only assume you've spent the past few decades hiding out in Altman's beard.

 No, I haven't been hiding out in his beard.  And I never saw Popeye either!

Susan 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

It's impossible to get a full score by knowing Altman, because the last question is wrong.
The real right answer is the first alternative, the one they have as the right one is a Fellini quote.

"We cannot allow a mine shaft gap"

I'm grieving. He was one of my favorite american film-makers and I've seen many of his films. I think he changed a lot in the independent industry and he had this great and incomparable ability to tell a multitude of simultaneous situations, handling a lot of characters and criticizing society.

I think he should be remembered for his Short Cuts, Player, Nashville, 3 Women, A Wedding, Kansas City, Cookie's Fortune, Gosford Park, The Company and also the last one, A Prairie Home Companion.

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

Thank you for mentioning, Cookie's Fortune, love that movie. So, that one M*A*S*H and The Player are probably my 3 favorities. I liked Short Cuts pretty well, never got around to seeing Pret-a-Porter. If it wasn't for Helen Mirren and Emily Watson, I would have turned off Gosford Park halfway (this was the film that was nominated for Best Picture over Mulholland Drive). I loved his speech when he won the lifetime achivement Oscar. Rest in peace, Robert     

p.s. I got 6 out of 10 on the quiz.

"Every day holds a new beginning and every hour holds the promise of an Invitation to Love." 

Long ago, this Academy Award nominated screenwriter, Roger L Simon, was known to me as "Comandante." He and I were two regulars on the Court TV OJ Simpson Trial post board back in the Early Days of the Web. We privately emailed one another for a short time since we both had local lore and knowledge of the case we didn't share with the popular website.

Later I found him with his own blog. It is amazing to me how often our thoughts have paralleled one another over the years. Two fellow former lefties who gradually turned a corner.

Here's what he wrote about Altman's death shortly after I wrote my post here on the Gazette. Once again, we're in agreement though I have recently rewatched Nashville and loved it just the same.

Susan

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Now things are really steaming up with the Be Adequite quote, which by the way, I don't get.  Does anyone???  Is it like Kid Rock's "I guess we're all in agreeance" comment from the MTV Awards a few years back? 

Anyway, turns out Lindsay's publicist if peeved.  From the fabulous Defamer!

Susan 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

When hearing tha Vince Foster had committed suicide I heard someone say, "Yeah, and the police suspect foreplay."  This was the same kid who talked about the first book of the Old Testament as "Genocide."

Susan

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Interestingly enough his name IS Ali!  But the wrong Ali. 

Susan 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin