Spotlight on Robert Altman
Nashville
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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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