McCabe & Mrs. Miller
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Movie Reviews of McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Movie Review: Gorgeous, unique 'Western' that turns a genre upside down
Summary: 5 Stars
A beautiful tone poem of a film. The story is a bit thin, but the cinematography, the Leonard Cohen songs, the style of the acting creates a western unlike any other, at once surreal and dreamlike, and yet somehow also hyper-real, as though we were eavesdropping through history. The first half has an intentionally meandering feel, that tightens ever more to a terrifically tense climax. This is a film much more about tone, mood, and feeling than story or even character. Sadly the DVD transfer of this amazing looking film is mediocre at best. If ever a film begged for the Criterion treatment or Blu-ray, or both, this is it.Movie Review: The Best of the Classics
Summary: 5 Stars
For all of the HBO fans who loved, "Deadwood," you will also love McCabe and Mrs. Miller. You will see the seeds of the series that took too long to come to cable. This, as in Deadwood, shows the place in history of the great robber barons who ruled over the expansion of American industry and economics (kind of like the oil companies today). In this movie, you will see McCabe, a simple, uneducated man, forced into standing up against the establishment almost accidently. The way this story plays out, it ranks with some of the great Shakespearian tragedies.Movie Review: Greatest Western
Summary: 5 Stars
M & M is the best Western ever made. Altman has a wonderful sense of theater(he's filmed plays) - and setting (in this case the town is a stage). I love the scaling of money - in five stud poker, a 15 cent bet was probably one or two hours wages. A gunfight between a pro and country bumpkin (Keith Carradine) was probably like most actual gunfights - legal murder(one guy didn't have a chance). The final duel, Warren Beatty vs the main bad guy, is more fair. And a little legend within the big story turns out to be true! And there's a very special woman.Movie Review: The very best kind of movie--as good as it gets
Summary: 5 Stars
Put together Robert Altman, Warren Beatty, and Julie Christie 30 years ago and you have an excellent piece of work. This is a classic tragedy, and colors, lighting, scenery, behavior of chatacters, all mingle to act out a story whose end is predicted in the opening scenes by the singer in the background. The conclusion comes inexorably, always foreshadowed by the ballad in the background. In between we have vices, beauty, nearly everything from the human condition. Don't miss this beautiful, tragic story of greed, love, and hopelessness.Movie Review: Truly Fantastic Altman!
Summary: 5 Stars
Finally on dvd!! This is great! This is certainly one of my favorite films by Robert Altman(right up there with THE LONG GOODBYE, 3 WOMEN, CALIFORNIA SPLIT and NASHVILLE). Vilmos Zsigmond's cinematography is stellar of course(as it was in a film he did a little later-SCARECROW). The music by Leonard Cohen sets the tone of the film from the opening credits forward. Beatty, Julie Christie and lots of Altman's regulars are all suberb. It's just such a great movie, you need to own it don't you?(cheap too! with a commentary and a featurette!!!)