I specifically refrained from commenting on that so as not to spoil it for you.

I specifically refrained from commenting on that so as not to spoil it for you.

I was there.

I was there.

It's in the article as well, but I distinctly remember the feeling of not wanting to talk to one of my favorite filmmakers about the possibility of his imminent demise, and him going ahead with the subject anyway. Even late in his career, Altman read his reviews and got frustrated when critics didn't get what he was…

It's in the article as well, but I distinctly remember the feeling of not wanting to talk to one of my favorite filmmakers about the possibility of his imminent demise, and him going ahead with the subject anyway. Even late in his career, Altman read his reviews and got frustrated when critics didn't get what he was…

I interviewed Altman for PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION in 2006, and I was stunned at how readily he discussed his own mortality. I was trying to raise the subject delicately, and he snapped, "For me, the movie's about death. Nobody's said much about that." 
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I interviewed Altman for PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION in 2006, and I was stunned at how readily he discussed his own mortality. I was trying to raise the subject delicately, and he snapped, "For me, the movie's about death. Nobody's said much about that." 
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I can listen to The Wind, but not Robert Forster's The Evangelist, which deals with the sudden death of his Go-Betweens bandmate Grant McLennan. Go figure.

I can listen to The Wind, but not Robert Forster's The Evangelist, which deals with the sudden death of his Go-Betweens bandmate Grant McLennan. Go figure.

Or Bill Hicks' routine about said commercial. "I'm Yul Brynner, and I'm dead now."

Or Bill Hicks' routine about said commercial. "I'm Yul Brynner, and I'm dead now."

We decided it had to be dying of natural causes, otherwise the final albums from Vic Chesnutt and Mark Linkous would have been in there as well.

We decided it had to be dying of natural causes, otherwise the final albums from Vic Chesnutt and Mark Linkous would have been in there as well.

Don't forget that Jenkins isn't even granted the honor of an onscreen death. It's like, "Oh yeah, by the way, that totally innocent, basically sweet guy got murdered for no reason. So as I was saying…"

Don't forget that Jenkins isn't even granted the honor of an onscreen death. It's like, "Oh yeah, by the way, that totally innocent, basically sweet guy got murdered for no reason. So as I was saying…"

Totally agree. No Country and Burn even end the same way, with an inconclusive attempt to put a frame around the preceding horrors. Except in Burn, it's played as a horribly sick joke rather than an existential crisis.

Totally agree. No Country and Burn even end the same way, with an inconclusive attempt to put a frame around the preceding horrors. Except in Burn, it's played as a horribly sick joke rather than an existential crisis.

That machine has a name?

That machine has a name?