Robert Altman died at 81 . The director of dozens of films and TV dramas, Altman changed the vocabulary of American filmmaking starting with MASH, a dark comedy about a madcap medical unit in the Korean war that came out in 1970 and became a lightning rod for anger many Americans felt toward officials over the Vietnam war. It changed how we watch TV. And in my opinion was one of the best shows on TV.
I took a folk music course at U of Waterloo in the mid-70's [I was a science student and I needed an extra arts course.] John Allan Cameron showed up several times to be part of the class.
Robert Altman's filmography:
- Christmas Eve, 1947
- Bodyguard, 1948
- The Delinquents, 1957
- The James Dean Story, 1957
- Nightmare in Chicago, 1964
- Countdown, 1968
- That Cold Day in the Park, 1969
- M*A*S*H, 1970
- Brewster McCloud, 1970
- Events, 1970
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller, 1971
- Images, 1972
- The Long Goodbye, 1973
- Thieves Like Us, 1974
- California Split, 1974
- Nashville, 1975
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, 1976
- Three Women, 1977
- A Wedding, 1978
- Quintet, 1979
- A Perfect Couple, 1979
- Health, 1980
- Popeye, 1980
- Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, 1982
- Streamers, 1983
- Secret Honour, 1984
- Fool for Love, 1985
- Beyond Therapy, 1987
- Vincent & Theo, 1990
- The Player, 1992
- Short Cuts, 1993
- Prêt-a-Portèr, 1994
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, 1994
- Kansas City, 1996
- The Gingerbread Man, 1998
- Cookie's Fortune, 1999
- Dr. T and the Women, 2000
- Gosford Park, 2001
- The Company, 2003
- A Prairie Home Companion, 2006
I took a folk music course at U of Waterloo in the mid-70's [I was a science student and I needed an extra arts course.] John Allan Cameron showed up several times to be part of the class.
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