Scene4 Magazine | letters to the editor

It is sad that he is no longer with us, though as an old writer friend of mine once said—as long as someone remembers you, you live on. And with Robert Altman, the memory is rich and deep and lingering. As an artist, it is not difficult to place him: he was unique unto himself. As a filmmaker, it's not as easy to categorize him. He worked inside and outside the Hollywood system which sometimes damaged his work and sometimes elevated it. None of today's mover-shaker Hollywood moviemakers have the distinct creative signature that Altman had. What was that? Simply—a film by Robert Altman.