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Robert Altman had a major comeback in the early 90s, scoring back-to-back lone Director nominations for The Player <\/i>and Short Cuts<\/i>. His follow-up, 1994\u2032s Pr\u00eat-\u00e0-Porter<\/i> (that\u2019s Ready to Wear<\/i> for American audiences and fellow philistines), aimed to skewer Paris Fashion Week to comedic effect, but instead ended Altman\u2019s Oscar hot streak that wouldn\u2019t be reignited until 2001\u2032s Gosford Park<\/i>.<\/p>\n
This week, we take on Altman\u2019s improvisational style when it doesn\u2019t<\/i> work for this imprecise satire starring an underutilized Julia Roberts, Linda Hunt in Edna Mode mode, and Tracy Ullman in an Amy Sherman-Palladino hat. The film is a convergence of early 90s fashion and supermodel obsession, house music, and independent cinema stars. Still landing Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture – Musical\/Comedy and Supporting Actress for Sophia Loren (in the year of her Cecil B. DeMille prize), it ultimately was too much of a disappointment to get Oscar\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n
We also discuss a never-better Kim Basinger, the recent history of Oscar\u2019s lone director nominees, and one-hit-wonder Ini Kamoze\u2019s \u201cHere Comes the Hotstepper\u201d. It\u2019s fruitcake time, listeners!<\/p>\n
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