Robert Altman is a skilled director, however only a single flick of his has caught my eye so far. Of the three Altman films i have seen (The Long Goodbye, Nashville, And The Player) i have found that only one movie kept my attention and that was The Long Goodbye (Altman, 1973). The reason being is because this film has a ton of film noir elements, and film noir happens to be one of my favorite types of film. For one there is the hard boiled smart and cunning detective, and there is also the fact that the detective seems to be from a different era in the way he dresses and the way he acts. The reasons that the other two films were no so interesting to me is mainly the way that the plot line worked out. In Nashville (Altman, 1975) the plot seemed so messed up and so hard to follow that it really did not make me want to watch it all that more, not to mention much of the music played in the film was not to my liking. In The Player (Altman, 1992) the acting and the editing seemed way too over the top which really didn't make a good film for watching in my mind. The musical score was there solely to annoy and was very bothersome while also mocking a classic hollywood film, Altman seemed to only want to mock hollywood in this film and it clearly shows in all aspects. Although Altman was a very well credited director i do not believe that he could be considered one of the greats in my eyes, however i do look forward to seeing another film of his and i hope it lives up to my standards of The Long Goodbye.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Phillip Marlowe is Freakin Baller
Robert Altman is a skilled director, however only a single flick of his has caught my eye so far. Of the three Altman films i have seen (The Long Goodbye, Nashville, And The Player) i have found that only one movie kept my attention and that was The Long Goodbye (Altman, 1973). The reason being is because this film has a ton of film noir elements, and film noir happens to be one of my favorite types of film. For one there is the hard boiled smart and cunning detective, and there is also the fact that the detective seems to be from a different era in the way he dresses and the way he acts. The reasons that the other two films were no so interesting to me is mainly the way that the plot line worked out. In Nashville (Altman, 1975) the plot seemed so messed up and so hard to follow that it really did not make me want to watch it all that more, not to mention much of the music played in the film was not to my liking. In The Player (Altman, 1992) the acting and the editing seemed way too over the top which really didn't make a good film for watching in my mind. The musical score was there solely to annoy and was very bothersome while also mocking a classic hollywood film, Altman seemed to only want to mock hollywood in this film and it clearly shows in all aspects. Although Altman was a very well credited director i do not believe that he could be considered one of the greats in my eyes, however i do look forward to seeing another film of his and i hope it lives up to my standards of The Long Goodbye.
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hells yeah i completely agree with the elements of film noir and the fact that the long goodbye is baller. i think that Altman had a few good films but many other films that sucked terribly. i think that along with stories that are just bad his filming style and actor choices with the exception of Robert Gould.
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