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February 01, 2007
Bob-bob-Bobbing along: Tolkin on Altman
Michael Tolkin takes the measure of the AltMan who directed his The Player (1992) as well as a man named Tolkin: "Is no one going to say that Robert Altman was a great pothead? Let me, then. Robert Altman was a great pothead. In the war on drugs, he won. To look at his work without thinking about 
marijuana’s specific gifts and poisons... umm... specific... What was I saying? Oh. Right. Altman. Robert Altman. I met him, did I tell you that already? ... Six years before The Player, I stopped smoking pot, for the typical reasons, but not the least of them was paranoia... After Altman signed on to direct the film, I worried that I would break my abstention, which was private; I wasn’t in the program, but it held me well for that time. And Altman’s pot didn’t come out until we had been in the production offices for a week." Tolkin quotes Pessoa: "Not sincerity in the absolute, but some sort of sincerity, is required in art, that it may be art.” Some sort of sincerity: Robert Altman was a misanthrope who loved having people around, to watch their behavior. This made him a great host. " [More of the same at the link.]
Posted by Ray Pride at February 1, 2007 11:49 AM
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