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Robert Altman

Director
Forcinephiles, altman completists, film students, lovers of american satire and ensemble cinema
10 Reviews 2 Definitions 42 Charts
Drama Brilliant Satirical

The Profile

Robert Altman (1925–2006) was an American director celebrated for ensemble storytelling, overlapping dialogue, and sardonic, humanist portraits of U.S. life. Key films include M*A*S*H, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville, The Long Goodbye, The Player, and Short Cuts. He won major festival awards at Cannes (Palme d’Or 1970), Berlin (Golden Bear 1976), Venice (Golden Lion 1993) and received an Honorary Academy Award in 2006.

Known for large ensemble casts, overlapping dialogue, satirical edge, and multi-thread narratives; a leading figure of the New Hollywood era with prizes at Cannes, Berlin, and Venice.

Ten upbeat reviews celebrate Altman’s range: the anti-militarist punch of M*A*S*H, the choral sprawl of Nashville and Short Cuts, the cool noir of The Long Goodbye, the barbed Hollywood send‑up of The Player, and the wintry western McCabe & Mrs. Miller. Three Women adds eerie identity games. Overall verdict: a master of ensemble storytelling and sharp satire.

Notable Quotes

❝ "M.A.S.H." is a schizophrenic, daring, contradictory, and in some ways unique work.
❝ The ending of Nashville remains one of the most artistically and conceptually elevated moments of the Seventh Art: from that tragedy exorcised by the familiar and warm notes of old country, from that disheveled blonde who in her unexpected and impromptu number seems to bear the trauma of an entire people, from that indistinct crowd singing "It don't worry me" pass moments of clear sociology and bitter poetry.
❝ In my opinion, it is Robert Altman’s masterpiece, one of the most beautiful I have seen.
❝ Altman lays bare all the distortions and contradictions of the jet-set and does so using the art of comedy, of satire, mercilessly ridiculing Hollywood and its band.
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