Altman on Altman

An exciting collection of original interviews with the infamously outspoken director of Short Cuts. From Nashville to...
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Author: David Thompson
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Altman on Altman by Thompson, David

Altman on Altman

Dhs. 113.12

Altman on Altman

Dhs. 113.12
Author: David Thompson
Format: Paperback
Language: English

An exciting collection of original interviews with the infamously outspoken director of Short Cuts.

From Nashville to The Player to Gosford Park, Robert Altman's irreverent, iconoclastic style has palpably altered the landscape of American cinema. Cited as an influence by such envelope-pushing directors as Spike Jonze and P. T. Anderson, Altman has created a genre all his own, notable for its improvised, overlapping dialogue and creative cinematography. One of the key moviemakers of the 1970s--commonly considered the heyday of American film--Altman's irrepressible combination of unorthodox vision and style is most clearly evidenced in the fourteen movies he released across that decade. By fine-tuning his talent in a diverse array of genres, including westerns, thrillers, and loopy, absurdist comedies--all subtly altered to fit his signature m tier--he cemented his place as one of our most esteemed directors.

In these conversations with David Thompson, Altman reflects on his start in industrial filmmaking, as well as his tenure in television directing Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Bonanza, and his big break in feature films as the director of the enormously popular M*A*S*H, a project for which he was the last possible resort behind fourteen other directors. The resulting portrait reveals a quixotic man whose films continue to delight and challenge audiences, both in the United States and beyond.

Author: David Thompson
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Published: 04/04/2006
Pages: 330
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.62h x 5.34w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780571220892

About the Author

David Thompson, a film scholar, has edited or co-edited several titles in the Directors on Directors series, including Scorsese on Scorsese and Levinson on Levinson.


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