Robert Altman has passed away...

Hmmm ... Altman was a true auteur, a filmmaker's filmmaker.

But having said that, I can't think of a single Altman film that ever really excited me or that I could emotionally engage with, unlike say, Scorsese or even Tarantino.

you were emotionally engaged by a tarantino film? surely a joke??

A joke, you say? Nay, try THIS on for size! A special version of Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" performed by bunnies in 30 seconds:

http://angryalien.com/0406/reservoirbuns.asp

great stuff! i cried at the end of brokeback mountain

(the bunny version, that is)

Thank you, Ivan, for proving my point.

The pathos, the sheer pathos of it all!