I'm trying to think -- I've seen The Player, and part of 3 Women (a really long time ago) and A Wedding (I think). Still haven't seen Nashville or McCabe and Mrs. Miller.

Oh, I've seen The Company, too. Which never quite struck me as an Altman film, and ended abruptly, I thought. I liked it, but I'm a sucker for a ballet movie.

I think Popeye would get a pretty high percentage of votes for being a bad movie, but even that one has the silver lining of the single most perfect casting choice in motion picture history: Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl.

My least favorite Altmans:
1. Dr. T & The Women (2000)
2. Quintet (1979)
3. O.C. & Stiggs (1987)
4. Pret a Porter (1994)
5. Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976)
6. Kansas City (1996)

On the fence:
1. Short Cuts (1993)
2. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
3. MASH (1970)

I haven't seen any of the others, but I have A Prairie Home Companion, Tanner on Tanner, Vincent & Theo, Secret Honor, and Images in my Netflix queue.

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I think Popeye would get a pretty high percentage of votes for being a bad movie, but even that one has the silver lining of the single most perfect casting choice in motion picture history: Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl.

I watched it again last year and was struck by how much better it was than I remembered it being. In fact, as my list shows, I liked quite a bit in retrospect.

I loved Altman, even when I didn't like his work.

Favorites include Gosford Park and The Player.

I liked Cookie's Fortune more than I expected. The Wedding was filmed at my college and everyone said that Altman was a delight to work with.

To be frank, Short Cuts made me want to open a vein. And Popeye just made me go tsk, tsk

Bless his heart on all counts though. I've so enjoyed him and his lust for life/cinema.

I loved Short Cuts when it first came out but GF and I rewatched it recently and it didn't hold up. Even though I know Dr. T sucks, we still liked it due to the Kate Hudson/Liv Tyler love story angle. We're so predictable. RIP, Altman.

Sound design. His biggest, most-lasting contribution IMHO. The overlapping conversations, often with the important one not in the foreground.

Oh my, yes. He taught me how to pay attention to the wee details.

I actually quite like Pret-a-Porter, even though it's not that good.

How about, top 5 Altaman movies not made by Altman:

Melvin & Howard: Jonathan Demme
Choose Me: Alan Rudolph (definitely my favorite of his movies)
The Late Show: Robert Benton
Smile: Michael Ritchie
Something by Hal Ashby (can't decide which)

Or the Bizarro!Altman top 5:

O.C. & Stiggs
Pret a Porter
H.E.A.L.T.H.
Quintet
Beyond Therapy

Gosford Park and MASH, by all means. I remember enjoing The Player, but I don't remember a lot of details.

I only saw Nashville fairly recently and was disappointed. It seemed to need another half hour -- like Altman was trying to say something but never got it off the tip of his tongue.

I'm a huge fan of POPEYE (I saw it twice when it was in theaters), but I definitely think it's one that gets better on repeat watches.

And Matt is so correct about Shelly Duvall being spot-on for Olive Oyl - I can't even imagine another actress in the role.

GC, I had the same flip-flop on Short Cuts. Also Nashville, although I think that there's enough to redeem the movie overall.

As far as the baby Altmans go, I liked Magnolia a lot, although ultimately there was no there there. My co-editor Gary makes a great argument that Winterbottom is Altman's true heir.