Spotlight on Robert Altman
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
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19m
What does it mean to call a movie “Altmanesque”? For critic Sean Fennessey, host of “The Big Picture” podcast, the term stands for “the undoing of everything we expect from a Hollywood movie.” In the following introduction, Fennessey explores Altman’s early roots in television, his innovative use of overlapping dialogue, and some of his most loyal collaborators.
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Way Out on a Limb
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Cari Beauchamp and Rick Jewell on MCC...
This conversation, produced in 2016, features film historians Cari Beauchamp and Rick Jewell. They discuss MCCABE & MRS. MILLER in light of Robert Altman’s career, the New Hollywood, and the western genre.
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MCCABE & MRS. MILLER Behind-The-Scenes
This featurette from the production of MCCABE & MRS. MILLER, shot on location in Canada in 1970, details the building of the film’s town of Presbyterian Church.
