Ok I knew going in that I am way too snooty, pretentious, and obsessed with Bob to like this movie. I knew that all I would be able to notice were the inaccuracies, the ways it fell short, how it was packaging Bob for mass appeal. At first I had no interest in going—why watch Timothée when I could see Don’t Look Back or Eat the Document for the 100th time?
Then, I was pleasantly surprised by how well Timothée…
Altman shows that in contemporary Hollywood the happy endings are the most twisted endings, the greatest heroes are the biggest sociopaths, and that the audience can no longer tell the Everyman from the executive. He’s daring us to see what lurks behind the ‘feel good’ Hollywood money-making machine. Like David Lynch, I’m convinced that Altman’s style purposely introduces elements of kitsch, campiness, and a dated sort-of-feel in order to subvert our expectations. This overall feeling is then punctured by beautiful…
