Programming note: First Annual I Hate Robert Altman Virtual Film Fest begins Thursday night

Take a quick look over at the top of the left-hand sidebar.   Sorry all you feed readers and Facebook addicts, you’ll have to actually visit the blog to see this.

There’s the schedule for the First Annual I Hate Robert Altman Virtual Film Festival.  If you haven’t added those movies to your Netflix queue yet, you’ve got time because Netflix has the first feature, California Split, available to watch online.  I think you can find it elsewhere on the web, but I’m not sure those sites are kosher.

So please join us here tomorrow night, Thursday, February 4, for a discussion of what many critics have called Altman’s best movie.  Fun starts at 10 PM Eastern and doesn’t really end because the comment thread will stay open forever.  You can jump in whenever.  The kitchen will stop serving hot meals at midnight though.

I’m looking for sponsors for the festival.  If you have a book, a service, a business, a cause, or anything else you’d like to promote, drop me an email and we’ll discuss options.

Here’s the New York Times page on California Split.

Here’s Roger Ebert’s 1974 review.

And here’s a clip.  George Segal and Elliott Gould are the ostensible stars, but it’s an Altman film so they share the scene with every other character in the room and the real star is the ambient chatter.

See you tomorrow night.

Comments

[Susie from Philly]

I worked as a cashier at the Philadelphia art-house theater that was showing "California Split." I watched it about 30 times.

[Michael Bains]

I'm not a gambler - all that anxiety makes me way too anxious - but, as much as I wanted to stop, I couldn't quit watching. 26! 26! Twun-tee Six! I love it.

But who is Robert Altman? ;)