tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post6805373388743209343..comments2023-12-31T00:21:10.591-05:00Comments on The Education of a Pulp Writer: The Stranger SongDavid Cranmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-9774486870568790752011-03-19T09:40:48.004-04:002011-03-19T09:40:48.004-04:00Rob, It has held up very well. Beatty's perfor...Rob, It has held up very well. Beatty's performance, in particular, seems stronger than I remember.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-82686711852929016612011-03-17T00:24:56.735-04:002011-03-17T00:24:56.735-04:00Loved the movie, loved the soundtrack. Cohen'...Loved the movie, loved the soundtrack. Cohen's amazing. I haven't seen the movie since it was released. Time to take a look again.Rob Gregory Brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785299355462748009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-13955427424083073592011-03-12T08:29:58.869-05:002011-03-12T08:29:58.869-05:00Ron, I first saw this film in the 1980's and a...Ron, I first saw this film in the 1980's and again a few days ago. Everything you said is true, however, I don't see this film as counter culture today. But I do get why it was originally called by Altman an "anti-western film. He stated (Wikipedia here) "because the film ignores or subverts a number of Western conventions."David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-90300465607725833042011-03-11T15:10:56.930-05:002011-03-11T15:10:56.930-05:00Cohen's music captures for me a period around ...Cohen's music captures for me a period around 1970 when such sentiments were the soundtrack of the counter culture. It was a time when the poet-folksingers had their fingers on the pulse of a generation. There's yearning, sadness, and innocence. Altman's film dramatizes what happened to all that - and how fragile those times were.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-50283285827101908732011-03-11T10:02:34.565-05:002011-03-11T10:02:34.565-05:00I agree, Dan. And its stature has only grown in re...I agree, Dan. And its stature has only grown in recent years.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-70214724503285047342011-03-10T22:27:28.255-05:002011-03-10T22:27:28.255-05:00Forget Nashville or MASH, McCabe & Mrs. Miller...Forget Nashville or MASH, McCabe & Mrs. Miller is my favorite Altman film. And Cohen's voice is the voice of God.Dan Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418855013568661590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-77198838948800219562011-03-10T20:34:53.685-05:002011-03-10T20:34:53.685-05:00It's hard to go wrong with Leonard Cohen.It's hard to go wrong with Leonard Cohen.Chad Eagletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863680540230538227noreply@blogger.com