{"product_id":"robert-altman-critical-essays-9780786444144","title":"Robert Altman: Critical Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rick Armstrong\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The life and work of motion picture director Robert Altman (1925-2006) are interpreted from a variety of perspectives in this collection of essays. Actors, historians, film scholars, and cultural theorists reflect on Altman and his five-decade career and discuss the significance of music, history and genre in his films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Two actors who have appeared in some of the filmmaker's most important works are prominently represented, with a statement from Elliot Gould (\u003ci\u003eMASH, The Long Goodbye, California Split\u003c\/i\u003e) and an essay by Michael Murphy (\u003ci\u003eMcCabe and Mrs. Miller, Nashville, Tanner '88\u003c\/i\u003e). The collection ends with an essay on the importance of death in the director's final productions \u003ci\u003eThe Company\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and\u003ci\u003e Prairie Home Companion\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) by noted Altman scholar Robert T. Self.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579958149271,"sku":"9780786444144","price":3707.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786444144.webp?v=1774911051","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/robert-altman-critical-essays-9780786444144","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}