Enough time has passed since Robert Altman's death on Monday night for hundreds of tributes to the filmmaking legend to finally appear in the media. But none of the reflections on Altman's career or personal impact on those who've worked on his sets will move you more profoundly than the one released yesterday by his A Prairie Home Companion charge, Lindsay Lohan, who risked physical altercations with impatient nightclub patrons by locking herself in a bathroom stall in London and not emerging until this heartwrenching, incomprehensible expression of grief over Altman's passing was tapped out on her Swarovski crystal-encrusted Sidekick and sent out into the world:

"I would like to send my condolences out to Catherine Altman, Robert Altmans wife, as well as all of his immediate family, close friends, co-workers, and all of his inner circle.

"I feel as if I've just had the wind knocked out of me and my heart aches.

"If not only my heart but the heart of Mr. Altman's wife and family and many fellow actors/artists that admire him for his work and love him for making people laugh whenever and however he could..

"Robert altman made dreams possible for many independent aspiring filmmakers, as well as creating roles for countless actors.

"I am lucky enough to of been able to work with Robert Altman amongst the other greats on a film that I can genuinely say created a turning point in my career.

"I would like to send my condolences out to Catherine Altman, Robert Altmans wife, as well as all of his immediate family, close friends, co-workers, and all of his inner circle.

"I feel as if I've just had the wind knocked out of me and my heart aches.

"If not only my heart but the heart of Mr. Altman's wife and family and many fellow actors/artists that admire him for his work and love him for making people laugh whenever and however he could..

"Robert altman made dreams possible for many independent aspiring filmmakers, as well as creating roles for countless actors.

"I am lucky enough to of been able to work with Robert Altman amongst the other greats on a film that I can genuinely say created a turning point in my career.

"I learned so much from Altman and he was the closest thing to my father and grandfather that I really do believe I've had in several years.

"The point is, he made a difference.

"He left us with a legend that all of us have the ability to do.

"So every day when you wake up.

"Look in the mirror and thank god for every second you have and cherish all moments.

"The fighting, the anger, the drama is tedious.

"Please just take each moment day by day and consider yourself lucky to breathe and feel at all and smile. Be thankful.

"Life comes once, doesn't 'keep coming back' and we all take such advantage of what we have.

"When we shouldn't..... '

"Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of yourselves' (12st book) -everytime there's a triumph in the world a million souls hafta be trampled on.-altman Its true. But treasure each triumph as they come.

"If I can do anything for those who are in a very hard time right now, as I'm one of them with hearing this news, please take advantage of the fact that I'm just a phone call away.

God Bless, peace and love always.

Thank You,

"BE ADEQUITE"

Lindsay Lohan

As such unfiltered, emotionally charged prose defies exegesis, we'll refrain from further deconstruction of these words, hoping that we can all follow Lohan's exhortation to find some peace by putting aside the tedium of fighting, anger, and drama and simply being adequite.

• Lohan sends her condolences to Altman's family [USA Today]

This morning brings the sad news that director Robert Altman died last night at a local hospital. We'll leave it up to legitimate news organization to properly contextualize the legend's place in Hollywood history; we instead prefer to remember one of Altman's late career highlights, this stolen moment on the set of A Prairie Home Companion, in which grizzled auteur and unrefined talent finally bonded. We're sure that wherever Altman is now, the supple, 19-year-old thighs to caress while imparting the wisdom collected over more than half a century in show business are all attached to eager, disciplined actresses who never miss a call time or show up to work too hungover to remember their lines.

• Director Robert Altman dead at 81 [AP]

His heart transplant didn't make "A Prairie Home Companion" director Robert Altman cut back on his marijuana intake - if anything, he's enjoying the ganja even more now.

"I've increased it because of my heart condition. I even have a prescription for marijuana pills," he told us when we asked him about his fondness for the illicit drug. [...]

Altman loved working with young Lindsay Lohan on his new flick, but he didn't mention whether he and the wild young lass partook of any illegal substances on the movie set.

While we know the actress has been bong-adjacent on at least one occasion, and that the two seemed to have a relaxed chemistry, it would be purely presumptuous to conclude Lohan's mentor was smoking her on some sweet, B.C. wheelchair weed in his trailer before every shot.

• Alt-ered states [NY Daily News]

"I'm scared shitless. I get very sensitive about reviews and what people have said," Altman said. "As long as I've been doing this, I still take it personally. I don't know why. I guess that's just my nature."

It's a very human and honest revelation, though we can't help but wonder if the sentiment wasn't perhaps rooted in a sly attempt at guilting critics into praising the film. The thought only occurred to us when Altman went on to warn that "even one thumb, pointing sideways, or—God forbid!—down, could be enough to break this sad, old man's heart and push the very last breath out of my tired, brittle lungs."