most of the big people in the industry look at you as a maverick at best, a troublemaker at worst. you'll agree to that. >> yeah. >> unpredictable, self-indulgent bob altman. >> yeah, and i think it scares them a little bit that they feel they may not have control. >> i'll call the police. >> robert altman's movies were almost anti-movie or anti-story. they're not these two-hour perfect bang. i think he as an artist just knew inherently that that was bullshit. >> robert had an unbelievable run in the '70s. he had he "mash," "california split," "the long good-bye,"