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To a young film student during the early 70s, Altman and a handful of others provided a cutting-edge challenge to "Hollywood" film-making.
It was a big thrill when he addressed one of our seminars and debuted "The Long Goodbye" to us - starring his muse of the day, Elliot Gould.
Ironic, of course, that leading movie stars have always clamoured to work with him - and his sprawling celebrity casts have always been a key part of marketing an Altman film.
Whatever. He found a way to work the system instead of being swallowed up and rendered stupid - or worse, irrelevant as an artist - by it.
And I really wish someone else besides me remembered "Images" (Susannah York) - far as I'm concerned, it ranked right up there with the best output from some of the other guys producing that golden time.
