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Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema left an indelible mark, | dG1fSnhMcGpMRG5jMjA
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00:00the films that they want to make now their films that I don't want to make
00:11and the films I do want to make they don't want to make I think you will
00:18find these accommodating they're quite dry with the war going on the timing
00:22work the picture was such a hit it was phenomenal what I'm doing is simply
00:30reflecting what I see and feel if it's ugly that's what I see expect the
00:39unexpected Popeye occasionally what I do becomes very successful and and then I'm
00:45a failure and a has-been and then I cross back again to me I'm going in a straight
00:49line everybody else is just going like this is the player your revenge against
00:54Hollywood so what's the story well I want Bruce Willis
00:57Hollywood has always maintained its objectivity which is greed and trying
01:03to get rid of all the artists kicking Hollywood's ass one guy said he'd
01:07finance the film if Bob would rewrite the ending and who turns out to have done
01:10it I couldn't tell you that it would spoil it for you oh but none of us will see
01:15Bob is totally cool the British lottery fund agreed to back the film he won the
01:21lottery his films just didn't look or sound like anyone else's and they still
01:26don't Bob loved to throw a party I would catch him sitting in the corner just
01:32looking at everybody with that grin on his face it was like one of his movies and
01:36he loved the cast I equate films with sandcastles you get a bunch of mates and
01:41you said I will build this great sandcastle then the tide comes in and just
01:45smooth sand and that structure you made is in everybody's memory and that's it
01:50that was terrific I just want to do one more please
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