Robert Altman and Brief Encounter
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Brief Encounter
poetcomic1 — 11 years ago(November 23, 2014 07:25 PM)
Robert Altman, the film director, was a young man just out of the service when he went one day to see this film. It was an English film and it wasn't like any film he had ever seen. The first thing he noticed was that the main actress wasn't at all a 'babe' and the story absurdly simple. He almost walked out after twenty minutes but soon was swept up into the story and admits that by the end of the film, tears were pouring down his face. He says this is the first moment he really understood what a film could be. Great films make other great film happen.
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poetcomic1 — 11 years ago(January 29, 2015 08:31 PM)
In Altman's film 'The Player', he captures the tremendous importance of the Italian Neo-Realist, particularly The Bicycle Thief (which plays a role in the film). I love when all those 'Hollywood Players' sitting around the table pitching money ideas remember at the mention of 'The Bicycle Thief' how much they once loved film and that particular kind of film.