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Altman

Maverick. Auteur. Rebel.

2014 · 1h 35m · TV-PG Documentary
Directed by Ron Mann

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Overview

Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema left an indelible mark, not merely on the evolution of his art form, but also on the western zeitgeist. With its use of rare interviews, representative film clips, archival images, and musings from his family and most recognizable collaborators, Altman is a dynamic and heartfelt mediation on an artist whose expression, passion and appetite knew few bounds.

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This ho-hum doc about the late, great American filmmaker Robert Altman is a disappointment.

Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh

This is most interesting when it explores the least-known periods in Altman's career.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Documentarian Ron Mann's affectionate tribute to the filmmaker Robert Altman ...

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh

It's a tribute to Mann's film that it leads you from Altman's life back to his films, and makes you want to see them anew.

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh

Gives due credit to an inspired and prodigious maverick while also showing how often reckless good luck guided his peripatetic way.

Peter Howell, Toronto Star

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