Angry the Clown Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 I'd better not get Vinned for this. This news is just breaking... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6170376.stm :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Gah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 :-( One of my favourite directors. He'd been ill for quite some time though, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan_E Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Just read this on my email. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Sad, sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Wow. Really quite surprising despite his age since he was still making movies. I shall have to play Prairie Home Companion at work today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lutter Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 81 with a heart transplant and STILL making movies... the man was a legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted November 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 I'm debating what film of his to watch tonight. I'm leaning towards Nashville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 That sucks. M*A*S*H for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted November 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 I found a nice quote from a British interview conducted with Altman in February of this year, one which personally I find to be rather profound for a variety of reasons. Thought it would be nice to post: "I'm getting a bit long in the tooth," he says wistfully, "and my parts are wearing out. I can put in a seven-hour but not a 12-hour day. But I've got lots of ideas I'm working on at the moment. I'm just apprehensive about the way cinema as a whole is going. The business is run by accountants who, as long as a film makes $40bn, don't care if it kills the industry. Everything can also be shown so quickly in the home - which means that the people who go to movie theatres are teenagers who just want to get away from home. The audience has changed and the content has changed to suit that audience. But, even if I'll be an outdated item very shortly, I intend to carry on as long as I can." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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