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O.C. And Stiggs takes a while to get going, but by the time Sponson descends on the Schwab compound, the film has whipped up a fine, frenzied madness.

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The eponymous wisenheimers wage a campaign of psychological warfare against Randall for doing wrong by “Gramps” Ogilvie (Ray Walston), the crusty ex-cop granddad of either O.C. or Stiggs (damned if I can tell the difference).

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The interview with Robert Altman on the O.C. And Stiggs DVD provides a fascinating glimpse into the psychology of failure.

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But according to conventional wisdom, it was the lowly teen sex comedy that ultimately defeated Altman in O.C. And Stiggs.

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He was obsessed with Philip K. Dick and with Robert Altman, particularly the little-loved, wildly obscure Reagan-era National Lampoon–derived Altman teen sex comedy O.C. And Stiggs.

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O.C. And Stiggs boasts a terrific supporting cast, led by Martin Mull as Pat Colletti, a wealthy lush with a seemingly painted-on beard who luxuriates happily in his own booze-sodden decadence.

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Altman once belonged to the masses; by the time O.C. And Stiggs came along, he belonged exclusively to obsessives like Todd.

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In the most poignant part of the interview, Altman concedes that guests intermittently come over to the Altmansion and want to watch O.C. And Stiggs, sometimes to laugh with it and sometimes to laugh at it.

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I think O.C. And Stiggs is a satire, but less of teen sex comedies than of the things that always enraged Altman: consumerism, hypocrisy, racism, and the general self-absorption of well-fed Caucasians.

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Stiggs in reply to a comment from Smirking, ignorant W. with lipstick

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