Robert Altman, R.I.P.

[yendi]

Fuck.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

He was one of the greats. For every mediocrity (Dr. T and the Women, Popeye), there were three films like MASH, Nashville, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, The Player, etc.

I had no idea he was even ailing.

Comments

[lokilokust.livejournal.com]

ah fuck.
altman was fucking brilliant and one of the few truly great american directors of the past few decades.
9and i think 'popeye' was sheer brilliance up untilt he point where the studio stopped paying for it, and you can almost see the moment in the film that happens.)
shit.

[crystalsage.livejournal.com]

Aw,maann...that is a big loss. He was such a talent.

*cry*

[alladinsane.livejournal.com]

Know some folk who met him when he filmed Cookie's Fortune in Holly Springs, Mississippi...spoke quite highly of him...nice movie too...was nice to see a movie filmed in and set in Mississippi where racial tension wasnt the primary plot...

[darth-spacey.livejournal.com]

Oh, bollocks.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Oh, sad. :/

[raptorgirl.livejournal.com]

Wow. This is the first I heard of it. I had no idea he was sick, either, or that he was 81 (!). Sad news. At least he was making movies up until the end, though.

[greatcalvero.livejournal.com]

This is awful. One of my favorite directors. I really enjoyed A Prarie Home Companion and I can only listen to the radio show for about ten minutes at a time before I want to throw the radio at the wall.

Secret Honor is one of the best American films ever made.

[beldar.livejournal.com]

Crud.

And I liked Popeye.

[yndy.livejournal.com]

Oh well shit.

He was a good friend of a friend of mine... and so I always kept up on what he did.
That said? his health has been iffy for nearly a decade plus that I can recall... our mutual friend Frank had commiserated with him over surviving near-death stuff only to find it still hard to convince people you were healthy.

Still, what a loss.

:(

RIP

[gladstone.livejournal.com]

Dude was old. Old people die.

[tarpo.livejournal.com]

I think Popeye was far from mediocre.. As far as flops go it was spectacular!

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Fuck! My day is ruined now. *sigh*

[wakingdreaming.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the movie of A Prairie Home Companion?

[yendi]

Not yet.