Oscars: Altman blog-a-thon
In honor of Oscar finally honoring Robert Altman, a number of movie bloggers – OK, there’s really no other word for this: nerds – will offer up essays upon essays appreciating the maverick director’s considerable contributions to film art.
As weirdly obsessive as this is, I also think it’s a wonderfully appropriate way to honor a guy who loves what-the-hell improvising. And a lot of those participating – including my longtime pal Matt, who explicates the endeavor in the link below – are impassioned cineastes who get it more than the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tend to.
So: If you’re a longtime Altman fan, this sounds suspiciously like how you’re going to spend your weekend. And if Altman’s brilliance has always eluded you, here’s how you can discover what you’ve been missing.
