Altman - 2014

Maverick. Auteur. Rebel. Innovator. Storyteller. Rambler. Gambler. Mad man. Family man. Director. Artist. Livelihood and robert Altman's lifetime contained multitudes. This father of American independent theatre left an indelible mark on the evolution of his artform, but also on the zeitgeist. "Altman", Canadian manager Ron Mann's new documentary, investigates and celebrates the epic fifty-year redemptive journey of a few of the very important and influential film makers in the history of the medium. With its use of representative film clips, interviews that are rare, archival images, and musings from his family and collaborators that are identifiable, Mann's Altman is actually a heartfelt and dynamic mediation on a artist whose expression, passion and hunger knew few boundaries.