Somehow Altman lets The Gingerbread Man get away from him. Never the direction, which holds up until the end–and seeing Robert Altman direct a fight scene is something to behold–but the plotting. The film starts high, thanks to the compelling plot and the performances, but then the plot gets more and more… not convoluted, but […]
Entries Tagged as 'Robert Altman'
The Gingerbread Man (1998, Robert Altman)
April 1st, 2008 No Comments
Recommend on MahaloThe Long Goodbye (1973, Robert Altman)
May 11th, 2007 No Comments
From the first scene in The Long Goodbye, it’s obvious Robert Altman was on to something with casting Elliot Gould as a character (Philip Marlowe) most famously personified by Humphrey Bogart. It isn’t just Gould not being Bogart and Gould not being a traditional noir detective in any way (Gould’s Marlowe is more concerned with […]
Thieves Like Us (1974, Robert Altman)
August 27th, 2005 No Comments
Altman never does a film half-assed. Either it’s great or it’s shit. How one of his films can be shit is varied, but the shitty ones are always just plain… shitty. There’s no formula to figuring out how an Altman film is going to be–usually, if Altman thinks it’s shit, it’s good (M*A*S*H, The Player). […]
