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IndyLIVE
25Sep11
Such an underrated filmmaker. His films are some of the very best at examining characters. He is definitely comparable to Robert Altman.
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Jake Mulligan
26Sep10
And on that note... if anyone has bootleg availability info on "Second-Hand Hearts", that would be excellent.
Jake Mulligan
23Sep10
Perhaps the greatest of all the New Hollywood directors, and thats saying something. But honestly, "The Landlord" / "Harold and Maude" / "The Last Detail" / "Shampoo" / "Bound for Glory" /"Being There" / "Coming Home"?? Is there anyone else who put out SEVEN films of such magnitude in that era? Altman, with "MASH" / "Brewster McCloud" / "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" / "The Long Goodbye" / "California Split" / "Nashville" / "3 Women", is the only one I see having an argument.
Sean Macgregor
8Apr10
The Landlord must be listed immediately. And it's terrible that The Slugger's Wife (and in my opinion Lookin' to Get Out) are on dvd and the Landlord is not. It's a travesty i tell you!
ozarknature
21Nov09
TCM is showing "The Landlord" tonight--it's excellent! This has to be put on DVD immediately! Great political staire.
Joey
2Nov09
It's a real shame that this guy isn't mentioned in the same breath as Coppola, Scorsese, De Palma, and Spielberg. During the seventies, he was every bit as good. Hal Ashby had such a light touch and such a command of tone right off the bat, it's amazing. Granted, he didn't come from the same place as those guys, and was about twenty years older, but he really helped shape seventies American cinema. He's so over-looked. I guess there's a lot of reasons...the whole concept of auteur-theory (that dumb fucking thing) doesn't apply to him since he was usually a director for hire, but... doesn't being amazing trump that bullshit? ... I don't know. Awesome director.
Eric Neal Allred
16Jul09
I agree with Mr. Kane, out of all of Ashby's films none have affected me in a way that The Landlord has. I got the chance to see this on the big screen recently and my lowly VHS copy is getting a little worn out, what an incredible film. It pushed boundaries as far as story and editing. I have never seen or felt a film as much as The Landlord. Criterion Release? I beg you.
Justin Kane
8Jul09
The Landlord needs to be on the Auteurs, its such an important film and is constantly ignored by all critics and scholars. Without The Landlord there would be no Do The Right Thing period. The beginning of Park Slope's gentrification fictionally documented. This is a very ambitious first film from a director who went on to subtly influence a lot of other directors who get much more attention than Hal ever got himself.