Robert Altman

Robert Altman (1925, Kansas City – 2006, Los Angeles) has numerous television shows and upwards of 40 films to his credit. He presents a striking exception in the context of American filmmaking for his long-term emphasis on creating intellectually demanding works, a trait also reflected in his sophisticated narrative style. He developed and perfected Fellini's method of plot fragmentation and the ability to interweave the lives of a great number of characters. In his pictures he analyzed American society from numerous points of view, and uncovered and satirized its myths, making use of numerous genres and their stereotypes with an equally provocative critical distance. Selected filmography: MASH (1969), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Nashville (1975), A Wedding (1978), Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982), The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993), Prêt-à-Porter (1994), Gosford Park (2001).

50. MFF Karlovy Vary