Robert altman's personal experience.

The 1970s is generally regarded as the revival of American film production. Robert altman broke the conventional practice of various schools of film production. While mocking and using metaphors, he creatively produced some musical films and crime films about western life, which attacked the mainstream film shooting methods with pure narrative stories and no skills. He creatively integrated sound, images, characters and story lines into film production. At the same time, Robert altman, a recognized master of modern photography technology, is highly praised by people for his unique and often impromptu dialogue and his mastery of modern photography technology. Although Altman's experience in American film industry is not so smooth, he is still a key figure in contemporary film history, and he left a deep impression on the definition of film in his time.

This TV shooting experience gave Altman the opportunity to try to shoot in a narrative way and practiced his signature "interactive dialogue skills". At the same time, he also studied how to use the limited budget to grab speed and efficiency in the shooting process. Although he refused to follow some instructions and practices of the TV industry, insisted on adding political subtext to his films, and was often fired because of the lack of experienced talents in this industry, he never worried about his work. Altman even started his own production company, Lion'sGateFilms, which he almost sold when he was deeply involved in gambling debts. 1964, his short film NightmareinChicago for Kraft's Suspense was put into commercial distribution. Later, he was invited to direct the sci-fi thriller Countdown, a small space travel film, but he was fired only a few days after the film was filmed because he refused to cut it short. 197 1 year, Altman adapted and filmed the western film McCabeandMrs. Miller (197 1), in which he once again showed his charming shooting style. The film's hazy shooting style of VilmosZsigmond is sought after by the mass media, but its commercial operation is not satisfactory. The fact is, although Altman made such a successful film as Army Field Hospital, he never got mainstream recognition commensurate with his position in the film industry in history. In fact, in the early 1970s, only MartinScorsese, FrancisFordCoppola and WoodyAllen tried to make films that could compete with Altman. In Altman, one film after another, including the extraordinary film Long Farewell (1973) adapted from Raymond Chandler's novel, the romantic and relaxed comedy No Tomorrow (1974) during the Great Depression, until California (19774) describing gambling. It's just that the audience doesn't think highly of him. Perhaps the most disappointing box office performance of his film is Breakthrough in California, but ironically, the film is still broadcast on TV two years after its release.

From 65438 to 0975, Altman released another masterpiece-Nashville, which is his most successful film so far. This realistic film describes that during the American presidential election, in order to win more votes and funds for candidates, campaign manager John invited many singers of "pop songs" and "country music" to perform on stage, which caused a series of peach news and misunderstandings among singers and celebrities. The film was released on the occasion of the bicentennial of the founding of the United States, which not only reproduced his box office glory, but also fully demonstrated his newly developed Lions Gate 8-channel sound system. With this system, he can collect sound on the spot through a microphone, without using those bulky devices for post-dubbing, which also makes it possible to achieve strong contrast and layered sound effects through mixing and separation in the future. This film was nominated for best film and best director at the 48th Academy Awards on 1976. The following year, he released a western film Buffalo BilandSteindians (1976), which was widely praised and criticized by the media. Later, the film was re-edited by producer DinoDeLaurentiis, released in the German market, and won the Golden Bear Award at the 26th Berlin International Film Festival with 1976. However, the stubborn Altman refused the award because the editor of Dino Delaurentis went against his original intention. Later, Robert altman turned to the stage and founded Sandcastle5. At 1982, he directed the James Dean Complications of EdGraczyk (Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, 1982). A year later, he filmed David Rabe's Vietnam War movie Time (1983). The refined Altman, like his previous films, refused to adopt the arbitrary expression used in the 1970 s, but adopted a more rigorous and standardized style closer to the theater in spirit. 1984, he directed Richard Nixon's documentary TV film "Secret Honor" (1983), which was filmed in the dormitory of the University of Michigan. At that time, he was a hired professor and was assisted by a student teaching assistant during the filming. 1985, he was assigned by HomeBoxOffice to shoot The Launch Roma adapted from MarshaNorman's novel (1985), and then SamShepard's fool for love》(65435) was released.

Altman, who returned to TV production, directed The Caemutinycourt-Martial (1988) in1988, which is a satirical TV series describing the situation in the presidential election year and related to Gary Trudeau, the screenwriter of Dunsbury. 1990, Altman returned to Hollywood film production and directed the biopic Vincent d theo (1990), which tells the story of the life between Van Gogh and his younger brother, causing strong repercussions and making many people wonder whether Altman has returned to the film industry. 1992, the thriller comedy "Big Player" was released. TimRobbins, a "super player", not only ascended the throne of the president, but also cheated his colleague's beautiful girlfriend, which was worthy of the nickname "Big Player". The film exposed the moral problems in Hollywood, and won the best director award at the 45th Cannes Film Festival and 46th British Film Academy with 1992, and was nominated for the best director at the 65th Oscar with 1993. The film proved to people that robert altman did come back.

Suddenly, robert altman felt that he had once again returned to the ranks of A-level famous directors. 1993, he released a feature film "Shortcut" (1993) reflecting the dark side of Los Angeles society. Its shooting technique followed the Nashville style and achieved the same success. He reflects a corner of contemporary American society by analyzing the ordinary lives of many characters in Los Angeles society and their complicated relationships. This film won the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the 50th Venice Film Festival and was nominated for Best Director at the 66th Academy Awards with 1994. 1994' s comedy "Preite à Porter" (1994) and 1996' s crime film "Kansas City" received a mediocre response. In 1998, he released the thriller gingerbread man adapted from JohnGrisham (1998) and found himself a controversial figure. At that time, the film was not well received after the trial screening, and the producer re-edited it, but it was still mixed and the box office was flat. However, the comedy Lucky Biscuits (1999) released by Altman a year later was a great success. This film is about the life of a small town in Mississippi, and the response is generally acceptable. In 2000, Altman released the romantic comedy "Dr. T and the Woman", which is an imaginative film telling the story of a Dallas gynecologist (richard kiel) who was conquered by the women in her life. Although the evaluation of this film is mixed, it is generally positive. Many people even think that although many of Altman's films in the past were failures, the director still maintained his distinctive characteristics. Altman, who is over 70 years old in 200 1, directed the latest masterpiece Gosford Manor. This film is about Sir William McChord, a wealthy English manor owner, and his wife LadySylvia inviting some friends to a hunting party in 1930s. In the meantime, Mr. McCord was murdered in his study. Many people in the manor seem to have a motive to kill, which makes the case confusing for a while. Gosford Manor received rave reviews after its release, and won the Best Director Award from the New York Film Critics Association and the Best Director Award from 1 American Film Academy. On February 25th, 2002, the film beat the popular musical Moulin Rouge (200 1) and won the best British film award of the year. Robert altman also won the Best Director Award at the 59th Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for the Best Director at the 5th Academy Awards for this murder mystery film.

Over the years, Altman's creation has always maintained a high personal style, paying attention to the sound processing in movies. His "overlapping dialogue"-showing multiple dialogues at the same time and intentionally overlapping them, has become an original "trademark" in his works. He is very good at shooting group scenes with many characters, scheduling many characters with complex scripts, and arranging and rationalizing multi-line plots with various narrative methods, so that the whole film presents a clear and orderly appearance. His earnest attitude in creation and persistent pursuit of individuality also make him different from other directors in Hollywood, and always keep a considerable distance from Hollywood's commercial system, which can be described as a leader in the American independent film industry.