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This is a full-scale oral biography of one of Hollywood's greats - Robert Altman. There is plenty of gossip included in the book, including revelations of Altman's womanizing, his battles with Warren Beatty, his brief career as a dog tattoo entrepreneur, and his secretive heart transplant.

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<p> A big, comprehensive, flesh-and-blood account of Altman's persona and exploits. . . . [A] sprawling, many-faceted story. --Janet Maslin, The New York Times <br> Quite special. . . . This is a smart, amusing, lively book, full of anecdotes and a generous step towards perceiving the glorious and perverse ways of Altman himself. . . . We owe him plenty. --David Thomson, The New Republic <br> Invaluable, ingenious and formally unique. . . . Sprawling, cacophonous, contradictory, loopy, laugh-out-loud funny. . . . Something that resembles an Altman film. . . . Altman, that bearded bastard, would have loved it. --David Fear, Time Out New York <br> I just now put [ Robert Altman: The Oral Biography ] down feeling heartbroken but happily and deeply inspired. . . . Wonderful. --Wes Anderson <br> Zuckoff's biography is like his subject's movies, filled with a multiplicity of voices and averse to defining 'meaning.' Yet in the end, readers understand Altman's stubbor

A big, comprehensive, flesh-and-blood account of Altman's persona and exploits. . . . [A] sprawling, many-faceted story. --Janet Maslin, The New York Times Quite special. . . . This is a smart, amusing, lively book, full of anecdotes and a generous step towards perceiving the glorious and perverse ways of Altman himself. . . . We owe him plenty. --David Thomson, The New Republic Invaluable, ingenious and formally unique. . . . Sprawling, cacophonous, contradictory, loopy, laugh-out-loud funny. . . . Something that resembles an Altman film. . . . Altman, that bearded bastard, would have loved it. --David Fear, Time Out New York I just now put [ Robert Altman: The Oral Biography ] down feeling heartbroken but happily and deeply inspired. . . . Wonderful. --Wes Anderson Zuckoff's biography is like his subject's movies, filled with a multiplicity of voices and averse to defining 'meaning.' Yet in the end, readers understand Altman's stubborn vision, his refusal to compromise with commerce, and his hard-earned, eccentric genius. --Chuck Leddy, The Boston Globe [Zuckoff] uses a light editorial hand, allowing a wide range of contributors to have their say. . . . A comprehensive, 360-degree look at a complicated subject. --Toby Young, Wall Street Journal A positively 'Altmanesque' treatment. . . . [Altman] made a great Western, a great anti-war movie, a great period piece, a great detective picture, a great ballet movie and the how-Hollywood-works movie. And Zuckoff . . . is an apt choice to corner an old fast-talker like Altman. --Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel [There are] many surprising and revealing comments that Zuckoff has assembled in his fittingly rambling book. . . . Life is complicated, often messy--as Altman showed us--and his life, as seen in Zuckoff's book, was no exception. -- San Francisco Chronicle [A] fitting tribute to one of Hollywood's greatest directors. .'

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"Mitchell Zuckoff is a professor of journalism at Boston University. He is the author of three previous books, most recently ""Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend."" As a reporter with ""The Boston Globe, "" he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize and the recipient of numerous national writing awards."

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