McCabe and Mrs. Miller
I'm trying to come up with words for this, describing how I felt, but it's hard. This was a dark, gritty, depressing, bleak, movie. Beatty and Christie give stellar performances - in fact, all the performances are stellar, and of course Robert Altman's direction is superb.
This is my first Altman, actually, and I hope his other movies are as good as this. McCabe and Mrs. Miller is a revisionist Western, a tragedy that hits you in the gut and asks questions about businesses/independence/morality of ownership. It's true cinema, is what I'm trying to say .
While maybe a bit too dark and muddy visually, it's also constantly thrilling and keeps you engaged right up until the climactic and violent ending.
This review didn't have much substance, but I just need to think about this film. Currently my 3rd favorite Western, and right on the heels of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
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I'm trying to come up with words for this, describing how I felt, but it's hard. This was a dark, gritty, depressing, bleak, movie. Beatty and Christie give stellar performances - in fact, all the performances are stellar, and of course Robert Altman's direction is superb.
This is my first Altman, actually, and I hope his other movies are as good as this. McCabe and Mrs. Miller is a revisionist Western, a tragedy that hits you in the gut and asks questions about businesses/independence/morality of ownership. It's true cinema, is what I'm trying to say .
While maybe a bit too dark and muddy visually, it's also constantly thrilling and keeps you engaged right up until the climactic and violent ending.
This review didn't have much substance, but I just need to think about this film. Currently my 3rd favorite Western, and right on the heels of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
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