Robert Altman (1925–2006) was an American film director known for ensemble casts, overlapping dialogue and satirical portraits of American life; a leading figure of 1970s New Hollywood.

Won the Palme d'Or for M*A*S*H (1970). Received an Academy Honorary Award in 2006. Widely noted for ensemble casts and overlapping, naturalistic dialogue.

DeBaser user reviews praise Robert Altman for his ensemble narratives, overlapping dialogue, and satirical portraits of American society. Key films discussed include M.A.S.H., Nashville, Short Cuts (America Oggi), The Player and McCabe & Mrs. Miller. Reviewers highlight Altman's anti-war stance, dark humor, and humane but bitter depictions of characters. Overall the reviews are strongly favorable.

For:film enthusiasts, students of New Hollywood, fans of auteur cinema

 If 'Full Metal Jacket' was the most complete, tragic, and brutally realistic manifesto against war in all its dramatic aspects, M.A.S.H. (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) was the most entertaining, shameless, irreverent, and politically incorrect anti-militarist film in the history of cinema.

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 The director was inspired by some stories by Raymond Carver, delivering a film about people who love and hate; he shows us episodes of common life, individuals who meet or barely touch, struggling in 1990s Los Angeles to find space, a shred of luck, or perhaps just a bit of love.

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 And in the end, our guy allows himself to close with a touch of Lubitsch (actually telegraphed, I think Altman wanted to gag the audience good-naturedly) which inevitably "lit up" the spectators in the theater, who, having caught on, responded with their shouts and witty laughs of approval…

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