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
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― 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