Tuesday January 24, 2006

How Do They Do It?

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to give Robert Altman an honorary Oscar this year. He has been nominated as a director five times but has never won.

Here’s what Altman thinks about the current state of moviemaking, according to a (somewhat) recent Q&A with Chicago-based magazine Stop Smiling:

I just don’t see any films—or filmmakers, for that matter—coming along that interest me. I find the style of the films so silly. I’m surprised filmmakers can get away with all this. The corniness of most of these things—anyone who can even do it astonishes me.

At least there will be one acceptance speech worth watching.

Posted by jim at 09:41 AM ||