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October 5, 2004
October 5, 2004
Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
NR (Not Rated)
Robert Altman
Michael Murphy, Cynthia Nixon, Pamela Reed, Matt Malloy, Ilana Levine, The Black Eyed Peas, Jesse Jackson, Steve Buscemi, Marla Sucharetza, Lois J. Drabkin, Joseph R. Biden, Al Sharpton, Albert Chan (II), Krysten Ritter, Mario Cuomo, Janeane Garofalo, Al Gore, Ron Reagan, John Podesta, Michael Moore (II)
The creators of Tanner '88, director Robert Altman and writer Garry Trudeau, return 16 years later to their fictional presidential candidate, Jack Tanner (Michael Murphy). Now the focus is on his controlling daughter (Cynthia Nixon), a fair-weather filmmaker trying to put together a film about her father's 1988 campaign. The mix of seemingly unscripted dialogue and heady political talk is still present, but this series (four half-hour episodes that aired on Showtime right before the 2004 presidential election) concentrate on--and lampoon--documentary films and the passion, misdirected or not, that goes into them. Does simply having a camera focused at the subject really make a film? Fans of Altman's cocktail of eavesdropping will not be disappointed. A diner at the New York gathering spot Elaine's can give us a shot of celebrity: there's Martin Scorsese and Steve Buscemi talking about film, former governor Mario Cuomo riffing on President Bush. Although there are certain joys--like Jack Tanner's return to the convention floor--the results, the insight, and even the laughs are not the same as 16 years ago. --Doug Thomas - Amazon.com
Tanner on Tanner is a sequel to a groundbreaking mini-series Tanner ' 88. Focusing on a documentary filmmaker seeking funding for a film about what it takes to run for the highest political office and the toll it takes on those who lose. As in the original Tanner '88, the approach of the series blurs the boundary between the factual and the dramatic and features Tanner interacting with real candidates from the present day as well as those from the recent past. - Description
