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Year: 1978
Directed:
- Robert Altman
Actors/Actresses:
- Desi Arnaz Jr
- Carol Burnett
Black Humor at Its Best.
Altman's technique of interweaving plots is perfectly suited to weddings, one-time events where participants, all with their own axes to grind, clash. Filmed in pre-politically correct 1978, this film simply gets better with age. The all-star cast is a joy, especially Lillian Gish and Mia Farrow, who plays a pubescent nymphomaniac.
Unlike Short Cuts or Ready to Wear, but like Nashville and Gosford Manor, this is an Altman film where it all comes together and works. Good stuff.
For those approaching large family gatherings...
A Wedding is as useful a preparation for a large family gathering (wedding, funeral, anniversary, grandparent birthday) in its way as, say, "Mr Blandings Builds his Dreamhouse" is for a would-be remodeler. It won't make the experience you live through any better, but you may be humoured to know you are not alone in having had to go through it.
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Minor Altman effort
Altman's direcotrial virtuosity and ability to blance various different character who are all interwoven in some way is a feat I have always admired about Altman as a filmmaker . While not in the same league as McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville or Short Cuts A Wedding does have some amusing vignettes and a good cast, particularly Paul Dooley and Geraldine Chaplin. Recommended mainly for Altman completists like me. Robert Altman is truly one of the greatest satirist of modern American Cinema.
Buy A Wedding at Amazon.com
Buy posters at Allposters.com
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