▁sound ▁editing . ▁In ▁his ▁text book ▁on ▁film ▁production , ▁Bruce ▁M amer ▁uses ▁the ▁film ▁to ▁exempl ify ▁the ▁bl ending ▁of ▁dialog ue ▁from ▁many ▁speak ers , ▁" Ro bert ▁Alt man ▁was ▁famous ▁for ▁using ▁this ▁style ▁of ▁layer ed ▁dialog ue ▁cutting . ▁The ▁front ier ▁bar room ▁scene ▁that ▁opens ▁his ▁McC abe ▁& ▁Mrs . ▁Miller ▁( Louis ▁Lomb ardo , ▁editor ) ▁has ▁sni ppets ▁of ▁convers ations ▁underlying ▁the ▁for eground ▁action ." ▁Roger ▁C ritt enden ▁wrote , ▁" the ▁questions ▁Alt man ▁asked ▁about ▁the ▁function ▁of ▁sound ▁encourag ed ▁a ▁radical ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁dialog ue ▁and ▁indeed ▁other ▁sound , ▁both ▁in ▁and ▁beyond ▁the ▁frame . ▁Lou ▁Lomb ardo ▁must ▁have ▁played ▁a ▁major ▁part ▁in ▁making ▁the ▁ideas ▁work ." ▁Stephen ▁Prince ▁chose ▁a ▁related ▁theme ▁in ▁summar izing ▁Lomb ardo ' s ▁collaboration ▁with ▁Alt man : ▁" Th ough ▁his ▁work ▁for ▁Alt man ▁was ▁less ▁tr end setting ▁than ▁that ▁for ▁Pe ck in p ah , ▁the ▁partners hip ▁with ▁Alt man ▁last ed ▁much ▁longer , ▁and ▁Lomb ardo ▁found ▁the ▁perfect ▁visual ▁rh yth ms ▁for ▁Alt man ' s ▁wand ering ▁and ▁diff use ▁audio ▁style ." ▁ ▁After ▁California ▁Split ▁( 1 9 7 4 ), ▁Alt man ▁wanted ▁Lomb ardo ▁to ▁edit ▁his ▁next ▁film ▁Nash ville ▁( 1 9 7 5 ). ▁Lomb ardo ▁decl ined ▁because ▁he ▁had ▁turned ▁to ▁direct ing ▁and ▁producing