From kansascity.com
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Mitchell Zuckoff, author of the newly published “Robert Altman: The Oral Biography,” will discuss the life and career of the Kansas City-born film director in a free presentation Monday. For the book, Zuckoff interviewed more than 200 of Altman’s friends, co-workers, enemies and family members.
- Richard Schickel Takes On Robert Altman (talkingmoviezzz.blogspot.com)
In Mitchell Zuckoff's Robert Altman: The Oral Biography (Alfred A. Knopf, 560 pages, $29.95), Altman tells the author that his motto is "Giggle and give in." But this thick, frustrating book -- ri...
From blogs.pitch.com
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- Excerpts from 'Robert Altman' (sfgate.com)
- Reza Badiyi on Altman (feedburner.com)
Like all great improvisers, the late Robert Altman kept a repertoire of stock routines handy. Anyone who’s read multiple interviews with Altman can’t help but note how often the director repeated himself, not with the same personal anecdotes—because Altman was stingy with those—but with the same metaphors and analogies. The biggest problem with Mitchell Zuckoff’s Robert Altman: The Oral Biography is that many Altman fans will have read just...
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From theonion.com
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Dan Hoyle, 29, is a native San Franciscan who happens to have been born on the island of Malta. That's where the family was because his father - master clown and noted actor Geoff Hoyle - was working on Robert Altman's film "Popeye" with Robin Williams,...
RobinWilliams - Malta - Popeye - Robert Altman - Geoff Hoyle
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From sfgate.com
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I forgot to mention this earlier, but tonight / tomorrow morning at 3:15 AM EST on Turner Classic Movies, they are showing Robert Altman's little seen first film THE DELINQUENTS. This isn't a typical Altman film, more of a B-movie he directed. But it should be of interest to his fans.
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