McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971)
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 120m
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois, William Devane
Synopsis:
In a Rocky Mountain mining town, a gambler sets up in business with a prostitute and their saloon is a roaring success, until bigger concerns want to buy them out.
Review:
In Altman's hands this simple tale of a man out of his depth (not the most romantic role for any western hero) becomes a parable of American capitalism swallowing up the small guy, or the studio system versus the independent. It is also the archetypal seventies 'realist' western, with dark interiors and breath frosting in the icy air. For some a masterpiece, for others underwhelming, it is a key film of the Easy Rider decade that lasted till Apocalypse Now.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 120m
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois, William Devane
Synopsis:
In a Rocky Mountain mining town, a gambler sets up in business with a prostitute and their saloon is a roaring success, until bigger concerns want to buy them out.
Review:
In Altman's hands this simple tale of a man out of his depth (not the most romantic role for any western hero) becomes a parable of American capitalism swallowing up the small guy, or the studio system versus the independent. It is also the archetypal seventies 'realist' western, with dark interiors and breath frosting in the icy air. For some a masterpiece, for others underwhelming, it is a key film of the Easy Rider decade that lasted till Apocalypse Now.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 120m
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois, William Devane
Synopsis:
In a Rocky Mountain mining town, a gambler sets up in business with a prostitute and their saloon is a roaring success, until bigger concerns want to buy them out.
Review:
In Altman's hands this simple tale of a man out of his depth (not the most romantic role for any western hero) becomes a parable of American capitalism swallowing up the small guy, or the studio system versus the independent. It is also the archetypal seventies 'realist' western, with dark interiors and breath frosting in the icy air. For some a masterpiece, for others underwhelming, it is a key film of the Easy Rider decade that lasted till Apocalypse Now.