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.
Joyce: Dawn, you be good. Xander: We will. Just gonna play with some matches, run with scissors, take candy from some guy, I don't know his name.
'Beneath You'
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.
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
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.
Sean K - Mar 07, 2006 6:02:49 am PST #2300 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I got the impression (can't remember what she actually said) that Lily Tomlin felt like they were fucking it up.
I wasn't sure, I kind of got the feeling that fucking it up, and Tomlin worrying about fucking it up, were just part of the bit.
ETA:
Also, I'm somewhere in the crowd at the outdoor concert at Centennial Park.
Sweet! Ginger's a movie star.
Sue - Mar 07, 2006 6:04:31 am PST #2301 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I love Nashville. Also, I'm somewhere in the crowd at the outdoor concert at Centennial Park.
I think I know someone else in another thread who was in Nashville too!
Ginger - Mar 07, 2006 6:07:07 am PST #2302 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Ginger's a movie star.
It would take that CSI face-recognition software to find me. They just said, "Free concert! Filming movie!" and it was in walking distance from my dorm.