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After serving in the South Pacific as a first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps during World War II, Robert Altman (1925–2006) found himself in his native Kansas City learning the ropes of filmmaking by directing industrial films with catchy titles like How To Run a Filling Station. He then spent nearly a decade directing episodic network television—an actors-first medium—before his critical and commercial breakthrough in 1970, at age forty-five, with the anti-war comedy M*A*S*H.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
Robert Altman’s Centennial honors the director’s impressive range, showing over a dozen of his films. (Thomson will lead apres-screening discussion of “The Long Goodbye,” “McCabe and Mrs. Miller” and “Short Cuts.”)
Sura Wood
Contributing Writer, Film
As the visual arts center at one of the world’s leading public research universities, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) brings the rich artistic resources of the UC Berkeley campus to the broader public. BAMPFA’s mission is to inspire the imagination, ignite critical dialog, and activate community engagement through art, film, and other forms of creative expression.
As the visual arts center at one of the world’s leading public research universities, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) brings the rich artistic resources of the UC Berkeley campus to the broader public. BAMPFA’s mission is to inspire the imagination, ignite critical dialog, and activate community engagement through art, film, and other forms of creative expression.