Comments on: The Robert Altman That Got Away

By: Deborah

Deborah — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:58:02 +0000

I was a big fan of Michael Burns in the late 60s and early 70s. He was terrific character, and much underrated. Too bad he gave up acting.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:53:26 +0000

That Cold Day in the Park is one of my all time favorite movies. I love Sandy Dennis and she is great in this film. Plus the fact it is shot in my hometown is an added bonus. Too bad this film is never shown on TV because people are missing a unique and entertaining in an offbeat way a character study of a lonely woman. It's an incredible performance. Too bad it's not on DVD in a widescreen mode.

By: sharon

sharon — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:30:44 +0000

I remember a movie i watched a long time ago and it was already started but was stuck watching anyways so i never got the title. It was about a shy woman who married a well to do kinda royal man. She is at her new home in this mansion and is welcomed by a cold hearted woman who seems to always bring up the late woman of the house and how she could never measure up to her and how everyone loved her. At the end was a twist that the dead wife was killed by her husband then by someone else and the new wife wants to protect her husband and says she did it then is cleared and the one who really did it was the crazy houskeeper. This movie was soo good i want to see it again but don't know who plays in it or what it was called. How do i find out? It is driving me crazy so if anyone knows I would love to know. thank you very much sharon

By: mary

mary — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:43:08 +0000

Always loved Mc Cabe and Mrs. Miller, Brewster Mc Cloud. Saw That Cold Day..... when it was first released and I was too young to care who the director was. Fascinating, haunting-- but never realized it was directed by Altman, and wouldn't have guessed from my memories of the film. Hope to see all his wonderful movies in deluxe editions soon.

By: claudenorth

claudenorth — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:37:54 +0000

And then there are Brewster McCloud and Thieves Like Us, which were released on laserdisc and are long overdue for their DVD debuts. (And I'm still wondering why Fox didn't include HealtH in their Altman box set...)

By: RHS

RHS — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:10:43 +0000

I think it's a credit to Altman's ecclectic aesthetic (now there's a workout for the tongue) that you could name a dozen films that got away. I don't know if mine would be the bizarre Images (1972), a showcase for Suzannah York, or the kooky A Perfect Couple (1979), which gave sadsack character actor Paul Dooley a chance to play the leading man. Maybe that's Altman's legacy; without being a populist, he really did offer something for everybody.

By: Klondike

Klondike — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 20:11:02 +0000

Not to veer too far off, tangentially, from an excellent blog, but your mention of the vastly overlooked Cinema gem "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" made me wonder (yet again this year) just how much the creators of HBO's Deadwood owe Bob Altman for the captivating catharsis of his unique brand of "Frontier Realism", warts and all. Talk about the mud, the blood & the beer!