Robert Altman
Birth date: February 20, 1925
Died: November 20, 2006
Robert Altman's Books
I grabbed this collection because my library didn't have "What we talk about..." available. I didn't know about the film, either, and I didn't remember Carver being so unrelentingly brutal as these collected stories are. I'd like to reread some of the original collections soon because I am curious a...
I've said it before and I'll say it again: If it weren't for Raymond Carver, I wouldn't be writing the stories that I do today (excluding the horror stuff). Carver was the one who showed me you didn't need overly complicated plots. That you could in fact write about everyday things with everyday peo...
"Come on, people now, smile on your brother, everybody get together, try to love one another right now." "This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius." "Make love, not war." It was a nice idea, wasn't it? It might even have worked if there hadn't been so much acid, booze and ass; needles, guns and gr...
Well, strictly speaking they don't of course – Robert Altman, in particular, never simply tags onto an established genre; he plays with it and makes it his own by turning it upside down. So, while the idea for "Gosford Park" may have been inspired by murder mysteries "Christie style" and by the like...
Opens up at Mickey's Diner with some low sax jazz in true (Guy) Noir fashion.Overly self-indulgent but the blessing is, it's short.