Doug writes:
> Sad, though 81 is not young. Nashville is one of my
favorite movies of all time.
When a great director who is active dies, I always think of the following exchange at the home of Ernst Lubitsch on the afternoon that he died (after a session with a prostitute):
Billy Wilder: "No more Lubitsch."
William Wyler: "Worse. No more Lubitsch movies."
> The culture trust does recognize talent sometimes, eh?
When the talent is as large as Robert Altman's, it is hard to ignore it without looking foolish.
NASHVILLE CALIFORNIA SPLIT 3 WOMEN SHORT CUTS A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (which now stands as one of the great swansongs in movie history) THE PLAYER MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER THIEVES LIKE US M*A*S*H GOSFORD PARK TANNER '88 THE LONG GOODBYE SECRET HONOR
And I have listed just those works which are beyond dispute. There is then the rest of his film work which though not as consistenttly perfect as the above, contain moments of grace rare in cinema.
Brian Dauth Queer Buddhist Resister