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cschack
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Norway
124 Posts |
 Posted - 11/21/2006 : 1:19:30 PM
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Love him or loathe him, he had his moments. He passed away today, 81 years young.
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Ein joik har større kraft enn krutt!
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Flangepart
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
2329 Posts |
Posted - 11/21/2006 : 2:57:37 PM
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Debateably usefull world view, skilled filmmaker.
Another death? Are they going in six-packs now?
Marvin the Paranoid Android to Buzz Lightyear "Too infinity and beyond-i've been there, its rubbish!"
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RVHorror
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
532 Posts |
Posted - 11/21/2006 : 4:19:23 PM
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| He had some good ones and some bad ones. I still think The Long Goodbye was a very entertaining film. (It even has Ahnuld.) |
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VikingBarry
Altar Boy of Jabootu
USA
3 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2006 : 6:35:17 PM
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Hello Folks:
I wish that when a famouds person dies, the media tells the full story. They forgot to mention that he was co-ploit in a bomber who flew thirty-five combat mission over emeny territory. Jack Palance was a waist gunner on a B-24 in the pacific theater. Beside being brillant entertainers they also served country when it nneded men liked them.
Sign:
Barry Fletcher
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RossM
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
427 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2006 : 11:20:45 PM
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At his best Altman was the best. A true movie origional. His episodes of Combat! were the best of the series. His best movies like The Long Goodbye, McCabe and Mrs Miller, MASH, Gossford Park, Thieves Like US, Nashville all take established genres and turn them on their heads in very sharp and inventive ways.
At his worst this style simply didn't work. Movies like A Wedding, Health (which I saw being filmed), Pret A Porte, Comeback to the Five and Dime Jimmie Dean, etc., are awful, confusing, didactic and awful.
One thing though Robert Altman was not afraid to go his own way and not crawl under a rock after a flop.
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