The life and work of motion picture director Robert Altman (1925ndash;2006) are interpreted from a variety of perspectives in this collection of essays. Actors; historians; film scholars; and cultural theorists reflect on Altman and his five-decade career and discuss the significance of music; history and genre in his films. Two actors who have appeared in some of the filmmakerrsquo;s most important works are prominently represented; with a statement from Elliot Gould (MASH; The Long Goodbye; California Split) and an essay by Michael Murphy (McCabe and Mrs. Miller; Nashville; Tanner rsquo;88). The collection ends with an essay on the importance of death in the directorrsquo;s final productions The Company (2003) and Prairie Home Companion (2006) by noted Altman scholar Robert T. Self.
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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful. No single argumentBy KenAs many books of this kind the introduction was promising but after a few pages you start to realise this is getting you no-where. There is no single argument or main idea guiding it. Seems like a lot of mumbling that doesnt mean anything. Of course there are lots and lots of quotes to the actual must-quote philosophers (Foucault. Guattari...) but they seem really out of place.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Fullers intervention into media studies has been sadly neglected. ...By Joseph SannicandroFullers intervention into media studies has been sadly neglected. His case studies. particularly of pirate radio stations. offer a strong new approach to the study of media. The constraints of disciplinary noninterference and reductive approaches to objects of study blind scholars to the broader ecologies that affect our understanding of media.
