"proper pacing and decent dialog, damn it".
That's exactly what Altman tries very hard to avoid in his movies.
Murk: But you're a God! The Sacred Glorificus! Glory: I'm a God in exile. Far from the Hellfires of Home and sharing my body with an enemy that stabs my boys in their fleshy little stomachs!
'Dirty Girls'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sean K - Mar 07, 2006 5:43:43 am PST #2290 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Jessica - Mar 07, 2006 5:45:19 am PST #2291 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Yes, but how do you feel about Altman movies?
Exactly. I loved it to pieces.
This is kind of nifty -- Fourth Ammendment shipping tape.
Calli - Mar 07, 2006 5:45:19 am PST #2292 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That's exactly what Altman tries very hard to avoid in his movies.
Didn't Altman do The Player? The dialog in that one didn't make me want to throw things.
Ginger - Mar 07, 2006 5:50:02 am PST #2293 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
24: I had no idea how fond I was of Edgar. I was screaming "No, no, not Edgar" at my television.
Altman does use overlapping dialogue like that quite a bit, but it doesn't seem as awkward in the movies as it did with Tomlin and Streep.
Fred Pete - Mar 07, 2006 5:52:58 am PST #2294 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Any thoughts on Altman's Nashville? It's on my to-watch list when it airs later this month.
Sean K - Mar 07, 2006 5:53:35 am PST #2295 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Didn't Altman do The Player? The dialog in that one didn't make me want to throw things.
He may have been trying to avoid different things in that movie. Altman also tries never to make the same movie twice (I think he even made a comment to that effect).
Of course, in the process, he's created his own brand of movie, but it's very distinctive, and doesn't share many qualities with any other type of film.
ETA: Haven't seen Nashville yet, but I think I'll add it to the list at some point.
Jesse - Mar 07, 2006 5:54:12 am PST #2296 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Altman does use overlapping dialogue like that quite a bit, but it doesn't seem as awkward in the movies as it did with Tomlin and Streep.
Really, I'd be surprised if they had rehearsed more than once for that bit, so. I got the impression (can't remember what she actually said) that Lily Tomlin felt like they were fucking it up.
Jessica - Mar 07, 2006 5:57:41 am PST #2297 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
ny thoughts on Altman's Nashville? It's on my to-watch list when it airs later this month.
Nashville is an unbelievably great movie. Once you see it, you'll be kicking yourself for not tracking it down sooner. It's that good. (And see it on the big screen at some point if at all possible, because it's gorgeous -- Altman really uses the whole frame. Not to mention the use of sound & music...it's really worth seeing in theatres.)
Trudy Booth - Mar 07, 2006 5:59:58 am PST #2298 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Really, I'd be surprised if they had rehearsed more than once for that bit, so. I got the impression (can't remember what she actually said) that Lily Tomlin felt like they were fucking it up.
I was pondering that. Altman avoids a bunch of rehearsal, right? But he can edit. So they needed to rehearse enough to be able to do it but not too much. Tricksy.
Ginger - Mar 07, 2006 6:00:29 am PST #2299 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I love Nashville. Also, I'm somewhere in the crowd at the outdoor concert at Centennial Park.