I guess going to the cinema to watch this film was my way of paying tribute to Mr Altman and his works, even though I knew that it wasn't going to be my type of movie. And I was right, but all in all it was a still enjoyable piece for me. Although the story is about the end of something good and valuable which is always sad, there is also a glimmer of hope that these people will continue with their music no matter what. I cannot help thinking that by commemorating this outdated and out of fashion radio show of a bygone era Altman celebrates the old style of movie making that he represents. As the Prairie Home Companion lost out to a presumably very profitable parking lot (not even divine intervention could help!), will Altmanesque film-making lose as well to the CGI-oriented special effects fireworks of today's cinema?
Review of A Prairie Home Companion
