Altman is one interesting director but to some it feels as though his directing style is quite annoying. Me included. The reason why I think this is because of aspects he has within each movie. Especially the way he has large casts and many characters that always talk over each other. Generally when I'm watching a movie, I try to hear the conversations and understand what's going on but in the movies such as Nashville or The Player, the amount of noise and commotion that goes on it makes it very difficult to get the content. To me that can be very aggravating because it gets crazy when you can't understand certain parts int he movie that could potentially be very important to the storyline/plot and/or conflict. However annoying it may be though, it's still a directing style that's very unique compared to the hundreds of directors that have existed or still exist today.
Another part of Altman that is quite interesting is his use of random ideas or thoughts. I noticed this especially with his use of nudity and some weird parts during some of the scenes. Namely the one scene in The Player when characters and most objects move out of the scene and suddenly you see these 2 dogs getting busy. Just so weird and random at the same time. Back to the nudity part though, Altman's use of nudity felt as though he did it because of well, not reason at all. The nudity in all 3 movies that we saw did nothing to further the plot, provide anything to the story, or even generate any conflict. It did something more to the extent of distracting or even just act simply as filler. In The Player, there was a whole group of girls or ladies as Marlowe had called them, did nothing but yoga and what seemed like hallucinogens which did nothing to the story except simply be there for the fact that they are there. In The Player with the jacuzzi scene and the getaway griffen did with that one 'iceland' woman, once again served no purpose whatsoever. The only time when nudity looked to play the slightest role was in Nashville with Sueleen Gay and her stripping only to have the privilege of singing at the political rally. Using nudity for that part of Nashville was the only time that I saw the usage of nudity that accomplished something instead of nothing.
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Within Atlman's directing style, I liked how you said he typically uses large casts in his films, and mostly the same people in each of them. I also agree that the films Nashville and The Player were hard to hard because the the commotion that is going on in those films, which can be very annoying. Great review about the nudity, which makes it seem you like it, but "It's okay with me".
I don't like how he has such a huge cast in his movies, it just makes it harder to remember all their names! Just say it TN, you know you liked the nude scenes. You pervert! I'm just kidding, I know you swing the other way... Just kiddng again! *cough* or am I? Dun Dun DUUUN!!
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