Lots of Characters

One thing that stands out when I am writing about Robert Altman is the use of characters. We see this in Nashville and somewhat in The Player. In Nashville there are numerous characters that meet up in the end of the film, some know each other and some don't have the slightest clue. In The Player, Altman uses not only real stars to play roles but also has roughly 7 to 8 main characters that we see a lot.

I have seen A Prairie Home Companion and Altman uses many main characters in that movie too. In all his movies that have numerous characters, it seems that all of them have at least one important role to play out. For example, in Nashville Pfc. Glenn Kelly is seen a few times but has a key line about Barbra Jean. And is seen in the end trying to save her just like he said his mother did...