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Robert Altman: Series
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What sustains Altman's late masterpiece through 140 minutes is its ceaseless motion. Unlike La Règle du Jeu, the Jean Renoir film this one is but a hair from remaking, Gosford Park doesn't see anything its servant characters don't—but it makes clear that this isn't much. By carefully following its maids and footmen through their murder-mystery plot Altman's camera anchors what might have been goofy contrivance—motives are distributed amongst the guests like gift baggies—in a social reality that skirts didacticism without falling in.
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The Pulse of the City (1953–54) (A low-budget television series about crime and ambulance chasing produced and filmed in Kansas City by Altman and co-creator Robert Woodburn using local talent. Ran for one season on the independent DuMont Television Network)
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The film spawned the long-running TV sitcom starring Alan Alda, a show Altman would refer to with distaste as "that series." Unlike the social message of the film, the series was prompted by greed, Altman said.
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