his career outside of the 70s not all that great tho
― velko, Thursday, 25 February 2010 05:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Not the best, but I gotta give Andie McDowell props for actually delivering her first half-decent performance.
Voted Julianne Moore.
― Ceci n'est pas une display name (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 25 February 2010 07:44 (fourteen years ago) link
pret a porter>>>>>>>>>>>>health>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>short cuts
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 25 February 2010 08:22 (fourteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3159115524_b12931f06c_m.jpg
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:23 (fourteen years ago) link
no revisionism from me - i hated it the fist time i saw it, although it's been so long i'm not really sure i could tell you why.
― jed_, Thursday, 25 February 2010 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
lol you crazy
this is definitely one of his best post-70s (did everybody forget the Player and Gosford Park too?)
― dead clown handjob (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 25 February 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Pret a Porter is straight garbage, almost nonsensical
Not a huge fan of Gosford, and should probably re-watch Player. Still, anyone who thinks this is ungood is straight garbage, almost nonsensical.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 18:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I haven't seen this since it came out, but in my mind it hasn't aged well. I should probably rewatch though.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 25 February 2010 18:50 (fourteen years ago) link
post 70s I gotta say I also have a total soft spot for Popeye (or at least the first 2/3rds of it)
― dead clown handjob (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 25 February 2010 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
i wish i had seen this before meeting annie ross. i thought she was a washed up old jazz singer in a bad way, not in a good way. :/
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Thursday, 25 February 2010 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link
pret a porter is funny and mad and incoherent and VERY misanthropic, a film that eats itself before yr v. eyes, whereas short cuts is total literary heritage masterclass bs w/ bad acting and music - its predictable, writes itself
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
so you're saying both suck?
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Still, anyone who thinks this is ungood is straight garbage, almost nonsensical.
Dude, I wouldn't say it's ungood, but I'm a huuuuuge Altman stan and it just isn't one of my favorites of his. I would rate his last two way above Short Cuts. It feels sprawling and unwieldy in a non-Altman way, as if Altman was trying to remember how he used to make big ensemble pictures work (which he probably was), and I think Carver's stuff is just too cynical and bleak for my tastes. It isn't bad, but I just don't rate it very highly.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
bs w/ bad acting and music - its predictable, writes itself
this is pret-a-porter too wtf. its definitely not funny
― dead clown handjob (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
I would rate his last two way above Short Cuts
PHC was allright but ... the Company? really?
wd add Vincent & Theo to later-goods
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Carver isn't cynical; it's Altman's concept that makes them cynical. By linking their bleak moments together the movie feels tiresome.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Good to great late-period:
Vincent and TheoThe PlayerThe Gingerbread ManGosford Park
guys this movie is not all unremitting bleakness I think yr forgetting some stuff
― dead clown handjob (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Never wrote that!
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes, really. The Company might fall right outside of my top ten Altmans.
Also, did not say that Short Cuts was unremitting bleakness (reading comprehension, peoples). It was just bleak enough to lose my favor a bit. I mean, like, Lily Tomlin and Tom Waits are the only remotely happy people in the whole film, from what I recall. Not that everything has to be puppies and rainbows, but it's just a little much for me.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
I think if anything makes this film tiresome its its length/breadth and not necessarily the material/recurring themes
― dead clown handjob (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link
wasn't trying to put any words in anyone's mouth, sorry
Directors can impose bleakness (for many of them it's indistinguishable from depth) as often as Hollywood hacks impose happy endings.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm not a big Altman fan, but I love this movie, probably more because I love Raymond Carver and there are lots of entertaining performances. Tim Robbins gets my vote because he is well casted playing a total dick.
― Moodles, Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
so when does Obama get to say "shut the fuck up"?
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^^unrealized altman film project
― velko, Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought he seemed familiar...
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
FRED MOTHERFUCKING WARD
― yakko warner (cankles), Thursday, 25 February 2010 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Hell, The Company is pretty snugly within my top 10 Altmans. It's just no Short Cuts, et al.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
It's a 24-way tie for first. Andie MacDowell places 25th.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
could someone explain to me what they like about the Company, cuz that one almost put me to sleep. guess it would've helped if I had even the tiniest interest in ballet, but that shouldn't be a prerequisite for enjoying a movie.
― dead clown handjob (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 25 February 2010 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Well it might be for enjoying a movie about ballet.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 25 February 2010 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
eh I've enjoyed plenty of other movies that center on topics I don't otherwise give a shit about (boxing, the Doors, baseball, Christmas, etc.)
― dead clown handjob (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 25 February 2010 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah but ballet is generally more boring than all those things. Except the Doors.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 25 February 2010 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Nope, liking ballet is sort of a given with that movie. Or liking a movie creating an inhabitable environment (i.e. summer squall during outdoor Chicago concert).
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 20:54 (fourteen years ago) link
y no Alex Trebek in this poll
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 February 2010 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't really have much interest in ballet myself. I don't have anything against it, but it's not something that I actively engage with at all, generally. I just found The Company really beautiful. I mean, pretty much any interest I have in ballet was sparked by this movie (and from watching the dancers at the Joffrey practice from the windows of the Borders across the street). And I also have a thing for movies that focus on behind-the-scenes aspects of the creative process, so I enjoyed it a lot on that level, as well.
Anyway, Hoop Dreams is one of my favorite films and I could frankly give a shit about basketball, so...y'know.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 25 February 2010 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
How remarkable, that you could like a film about a topic you have some degree of interest in!
― you live in a space battle homo cave (sic), Friday, 26 February 2010 00:37 (fourteen years ago) link
How remarkable, the lack of reading comprehension on display in this thread!
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 26 February 2010 00:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 1 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe next will be Best Actor in A Prairie Home Companion.
― can it compete with the wagon wheel (Eazy), Monday, 1 March 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 2 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
i liked kansas city
― the archetypal ghetto hustler (history mayne), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Ironing for the win
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 02:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Julianne Moore 6............................................................
..http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2009/10/21/1256147129805/Huey-Lewis-Fred-Ward-and--001.jpg
― secret smdh-i (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 06:31 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty sure frances mcdormand got robbed ITT, she even showed boobs.
i guess pubes>>>boobs?
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 06:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Rescreened first half of this. Lily Tomlin is FANTASTIC in every scene. Julianne Moore is adequate but I think the votes are from the ILX horndog crew afaict.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 8 July 2010 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
is it ok if I give everyone who uses 'rescreened' shit?
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 July 2010 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm paying tribute to YOU!
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 8 July 2010 16:07 (thirteen years ago) link
;)
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 July 2010 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I was about to ask if this was the one where Julianne Moore has the flip-out meltdown and then realized how many different films that could be referring to.
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uSTXn4H5jY (Stevie D), Thursday, 8 July 2010 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Buck Henry on shooting Short Cuts
https://www.filmcomment.com/article/two-views-of-robert-altman-short-cuts-the-player-buck-henry/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
Man, I had to wrack my brain for a sec trying to remember Buck Henry even being in this thing. I guess it's hard to stand out in scenes that feature a dead body and Lil Huey.
― Pizza is Really Yummy for Me (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
He has that great bit near the end where the photo hut mixes up his and RDJ's photos.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link
Ohhhh yeah.
Far from my favorite of the lot but I've been mulling over another run through the Altmanography so perhaps it's time to give it another shot.
― Pizza is Really Yummy for Me (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
It's second tier Altman but I can imagine sitting down to watch it if I saw it on the teevee machine
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
Yeah, post-Player, my enthusiasm wanes until the home stretch (peaking, naturally, with a little Dr. T action).
― Pizza is Really Yummy for Me (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:40 (four years ago) link
Gosford Park is good
big chunks of his filmography are virtually unwatchable, but the high points (and there are a bunch of those too) are fantastic
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:44 (four years ago) link
The last three, imo, were a nice return to form. (Tanner on Tanner has its moments but it pales in comparison to its predecessor.)
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link
The Company is terrible, but then I agree w Orson Welles that ballet is the worst artform
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:50 (four years ago) link
i am shedding second tiers over Alfred's opinion
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
Jack Lemmon's always getting tier-y eyed.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
a lot of the bits don't signify on their own, but I coulda watched three hours of Tom Waits and Lily Tomlin.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
xposts Or, otoh, The Company is pretty close to Altman's post-'70s best. Is what I think you meant to say.
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
a dead body and Lil Huey.
rubber Huey
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 21:25 (four years ago) link
Baby Huey
― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 23:01 (four years ago) link
Surprised I didn't vote in this, but maybe I couldn't settle on one person, there are so many really good performances.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 23:36 (four years ago) link
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/millions-of-fruit-flies-will-be-dumped-on-los-angeles/
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 28 October 2023 03:23 (five months ago) link
xps Bruce Davison gave my favorite performance in this, and Lily Tomlin with Tom Waits was great. (Also Lili Taylor as her daughter was a great bit of casting.) I love Julianne Moore, but I have a mixed feelings about this role. It did help her career though - early on it felt like she was being pulled in two different directions, doing thankless roles for empty commercial work like Jurassic Park 2, Assassins and that Ivan Reitman alien movie (though she was great in the Hand that Rocks the Cradle and she was a good sport about the Fugitive) but after Short Cuts she went on to appear in Todd Haynes's Safe (for my money, the greatest work either did), Vanya on 42nd Street (the best performance in an excellent cast) and Boogie Nights.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 28 October 2023 04:37 (five months ago) link
Jurassic Park 2, Assassins and that Ivan Reitman alien movie
She made those after SC, or am I misreading you?
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 October 2023 09:35 (five months ago) link