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Director Robert Altman dead at 81

gridley

15:37 / 21.11.06

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Robert Altman, the caustic and irreverent satirist behind "M-A-S-H," "Nashville" and "The Player" who made a career out of bucking Hollywood management and story conventions, died at a Los Angeles Hospital, his production company said Tuesday. He was 81.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/21/obit.altman.ap/index.html

This is very sad. He was one of the greats.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

15:50 / 21.11.06

Ooh, that is sad. Even though he was really really old, it's still bad news.

PatrickMM

15:57 / 21.11.06

Very sad. This past year I've seen a lot of his stuff and from the 70s through today, he's just kept making fantastic movies. I doubt anyone will ever have a decade as strong as his work in the 1970s, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Nashville, and Three Women are some of the best movies ever made. And he's got a whole bunch of minor masterpieces beyond that.

MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!

15:57 / 21.11.06

He certainly lived a rich and full life and left his mark. I forgive him for Dr. T and the Women.

FinderWolf

17:03 / 21.11.06

Wow.. Very sad news. He kept on doing what he loved, year after year: making films. When someone makes a movie every few years, a few are bound to be a little weak (Pret a Porter, the infamous Dr. T and the Women)....Altman had so many incredible achievements as a filmmaker that it really drowns out all the duds. Plus, he created a style that was all his own. A college film professor introduced me to Altman and I'm very thankful for that.

matthew.

18:59 / 21.11.06

Man he was good. He was good. At 81, though, it's hard to be depressed about it. He certainly did a lot in that time.

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