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Robert AltmanApril 29, 2006
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Judd ApatowJuly 22, 2009
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Ramin Bahrani + Alejandro PolancoJanuary 26, 2008
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Gael Garcia Bernal + Diego LunaMay 6, 2009
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Halle BerryOctober 9, 2007
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Brad BirdJanuary 9, 2005
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Budd BoetticherOctober 1, 2000
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Stan BrakhageMarch 9, 1991
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Kenneth Branagh + Michael CaineOctober 3, 2007
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Jeff Bridges + Scott CooperDecember 13, 2009
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Charles BurnettJanuary 7, 1995
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Charles BurnettJanuary 8, 1995
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Tennessee Williams Panel December 9, 2009
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Tim BurtonNovember 19, 2003
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Michael CaineApril 28, 2010
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Jane CampionSeptember 14, 2009
Robert Altman April 29, 2006
Robert Altman's films play with the viewer's conceptions of American film and of America itself. Altman has created a unique cinematic style, with a trademark mixture of documentary camerawork, semi-improvised performances, multi-layered dialogue, and overlapping narratives. His films reinvent Hollywood genres while revealing the layers of spectacle that make up American culture and society. A month after winning an Honorary Academy Award, Altman opened a 22-film retrospective of his career by speaking at the Museum following a screening of Kansas City, a panoramic and jazz-like melodrama about politics, race, crime, and the movies, which is set in Altman's home town.
