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Robert Altman 1925-2006

Robert Altman
Robert Altman died last night in Los Angeles. My favorites of his many films: The Long Goodbye (1973), which is the best work Elliot Gould has ever done, followed closely by Nashville(1975) and The Player (1992). I'm also partial to McCabe & Mrs. Millerbecause who can resist Julie Christie? I've yet to see A Prairie Home Companion (2006), and there are several of his more obscure works I've never seen. I have seen, without knowing it at the time, all of the Bonanza episodes he directed in the early 60's, and probably most of the Vic Morrow-Rick Jason series Combat episodes. The one to forget, as if anyone who saw it could, is Popeye (1980), a massive train wreck of a film despite it's near perfect cast.

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