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Year: 1971
Director: Robert Altman
Plot: Memorably described by Pauline Kael as "a beautiful pipe dream of a movie," Robert Altman's McCabe and Mrs. Miller reimagines the American West as a muddy frontier filled with hustlers, opportunists, and corporate sharks -- a turn-of-the-century model for a 1971 America mired in violence and lies. John McCabe (Warren Beatty) wanders into the turn-of-the-century wilderness village known as Presbyterian Church, with vague plans of parlaying his gambling winnings into establishing a fancy casino-brothel-bathhouse. McCabe's partner is prostitute Mrs. Miller (Julie Christie), who despite her apparent distaste for McCabe helps him achieve his goal. Once McCabe and Mrs. Miller become successful, the town grows and prospers, incurring the jealousy of a local mining company, who wants to buy McCabe out. Filmed on location in Canada, McCabe and Mrs. Miller makes use of such Altman "stock company" performers as Shelley Duvall, Rene Auberjonois, John Schuck and Keith Carradine. The seemingly improvised screenplay was based on a novel by Edmund Naughton and the movie features a soundtrack of songs by Leonard Cohen. McCabe and Mrs. Miller joined such other Altman efforts as MASH, The Long Goodbye, and Thieves Like Us in radically revising familar movie genres for the disillusioned Vietnam era. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

interview with Vlimos Zsigmond about McCabe and Mrs. Miller.

Aaron interviews cinematographer, Vlimos Zsigmond, following a screening of Robert Altman's film, McCabe and Mrs. Miller.
(11/12/2006 Starz Denver Film Festival)


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]]>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:06:56 GMTMcCabe & Mrs. Miller1971Robert AltmanMemorably described by Pauline Kael as "a beautiful pipe dream of a movie," <a href="/players/P____79456/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Robert Altman</a>'s McCabe and Mrs. Miller reimagines the American West as a muddy frontier filled with hustlers, opportunists, and corporate sharks -- a turn-of-the-century model for a 1971 America mired in violence and lies. John McCabe (<a href="/players/P____81105/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Warren Beatty</a>) wanders into the turn-of-the-century wilderness village known as Presbyterian Church, with vague plans of parlaying his gambling winnings into establishing a fancy casino-brothel-bathhouse. McCabe's partner is prostitute Mrs. Miller (<a href="/players/P____13030/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Julie Christie</a>), who despite her apparent distaste for McCabe helps him achieve his goal. Once McCabe and Mrs. Miller become successful, the town grows and prospers, incurring the jealousy of a local mining company, who wants to buy McCabe out. Filmed on location in Canada, McCabe and Mrs. Miller makes use of such Altman "stock company" performers as <a href="/players/P____20847/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Shelley Duvall</a>, Rene Auberjonois, <a href="/players/P____63879/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Schuck</a> and <a href="/players/P____84256/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Keith Carradine</a>. The seemingly improvised screenplay was based on a novel by Edmund Naughton and the movie features a soundtrack of songs by <a href="/players/P____85415/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Leonard Cohen</a>. McCabe and Mrs. Miller joined such other Altman efforts as <a href=/films/287702/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>MASH</a>, <a href=/films/20770/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>The Long Goodbye</a>, and <a href=/films/75783/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Thieves Like Us</a> in radically revising familar movie genres for the disillusioned Vietnam era. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide <br><br><b>interview with Vlimos Zsigmond about <i>McCabe and Mrs. Miller</i></b>.<br><br>Aaron interviews cinematographer, Vlimos Zsigmond, following a screening of Robert Altman's film, McCabe and Mrs. Miller.<br>(11/12/2006 Starz Denver Film Festival)<br><br><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_black.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_black" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="audio_id=2527433&audio_duration=346.814&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/8/4/6/VilmosZsigmond.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></embed><br /><a style="font-size: 9px; padding-left: 35px; color: #f39; letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none" href="http://odeo.com/audio/2527433/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a>15Tag Target (>10)20513http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t175680kfjd.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/McCabe_Mrs_Miller/22219/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/10/15/36365.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: From the turn-of-the-century Northwest to seedy 70’s NYC, from an 80’s morgue to 90’s Japan to the modern-day midwest, the oldest profession in the world is onscreen to stay. Here are five timeless performances that are worth the peep show. Julie Christie as Constance Miller in Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller Julie Christie is exhilarating in her Oscar-nominated turn as the smart and sexy Constance Miller, a no-nonsense businesswoman in the wild and wicked Northwest who just happens to be in the business of selling sex. In fact, it’s Warren Beatty’s dream chaser John McCabe who is the bimbo to Miller’s sly fox. Like a whore himself, he needs the professional madam’s charms and chops to make a living more than she needs him as a partner in their bordello/tavern venture. Sex-positive feminism at its finest. Jodie Foster as Iris Steensma in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver Oscar loves hookers. Astonishingly wise and mature beyond her years, Jodie Foster delivers an Academy Award nominated portrayal of teen prostitute Iris Steensma in Scorsese’s 1976 “Taxi Driver” that is both streetwise and viscerally vulnerable. Whether Iris is slow dancing with Harvey Keitel’s pimp Sport Matthew, or conversing with Robert De Niro’s damaged Travis Bickle she is always the focus of attention in the scene, the object of desire, less an underage “sex slave” than a screwed up Lolita who’s learned far too young how to use her sexuality to control any situation. That Foster intensely studied the girl who played Iris’ best friend, a hooker in real life, is readily apparent by this focused, nuanced, nonjudgmental performance. Shelley Long as Belinda Keaton in Ron Howard’s Night Shift Normally I’m not a fan of director Ron Howard, but his bizarrely funny 1982 Night Shift allowed Shelley Long to shine as hooker Belinda Keaton in a way that showed she could hold her own onscreen opposite heavier hitters like Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton. So what if the premise of a nerdy Joe named Chuck Lumley (Winkler nerdy? Take that, Fonzie!) becoming a pimp to a fur-clad, cliché wrapped whore, turning the morgue he and Michael Keaton’s Bill Blazejowski work at into a brothel, is silly? The ensemble cast pulls it off, ushering in the crazy entrepreneurial 80’s in screwball style. Miho Nikaido, Ai in Ryû Murakami’s Tokyo Decadence Ryû Murakami’s 1991 Tokyo Decadence is one of my all-time favorite S&M flicks, not least because Miho Nikaido gives a refreshingly understated performance as Ai, a professional slave/call girl whose highly erotic acts of submission blew the mind of even this hardcore pervert. No need to “act sexy” if the script calls for your character to be forcibly fitted with a vibrator while being degraded at the hands of a sadistic yakuza john. Nikaido sizzles in collar and heels. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Neil McCormick in Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin “Mysterious Skin,” the 2004 movie based on Scott Heim’s novel about two teenage boys forever haunted by their respective childhoods, is the film with which director Gregg Araki finally grew up, his most mature and poignant flick to date. Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s young hustler Neil McCormick is the male Iris Steensma with more of a back-story. The fact that Neil was abused by his Little League coach – and embraced that abuse rather than allowed himself to become paralyzed by it – is apparent in every downward spiral move Neil pursues. Joseph Gordon-Levitt invests the character with the same sexual knowingness as Foster does Iris, that of a child whose only power in the world is through simultaneously wielding the body as instrument of seduction and red-blooded weapon. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:01:18 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com10/15/2008 2:01:18 PMFrom the turn-of-the-century Northwest to seedy 70’s NYC, from an 80’s morgue to 90’s Japan to the modern-day midwest, the oldest profession in the world is onscreen to stay. Here are five timeless performances that are worth the peep show. Julie Christie as Constance Miller in Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller Julie Christie is exhilarating in her Oscar-nominated turn as the smart and sexy Constance Miller, a no-nonsense businesswoman in the wild and wicked Northwest who just happens to be in the business of selling sex. In fact, it’s Warren Beatty’s dream chaser John McCabe who is the bimbo to Miller’s sly fox. Like a whore himself, he needs the professional madam’s charms and chops to make a living more than she needs him as a partner in their bordello/tavern venture. Sex-positive feminism at its finest. Jodie Foster as Iris Steensma in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver Oscar loves hookers. Astonishingly wise and mature beyond her years, Jodie Foster delivers an Academy Award nominated portrayal of teen prostitute Iris Steensma in Scorsese’s 1976 “Taxi Driver” that is both streetwise and viscerally vulnerable. Whether Iris is slow dancing with Harvey Keitel’s pimp Sport Matthew, or conversing with Robert De Niro’s damaged Travis Bickle she is always the focus of attention in the scene, the object of desire, less an underage “sex slave” than a screwed up Lolita who’s learned far too young how to use her sexuality to control any situation. That Foster intensely studied the girl who played Iris’ best friend, a hooker in real life, is readily apparent by this focused, nuanced, nonjudgmental performance. Shelley Long as Belinda Keaton in Ron Howard’s Night Shift Normally I’m not a fan of director Ron Howard, but his bizarrely funny 1982 Night Shift allowed Shelley Long to shine as hooker Belinda Keaton in a way that showed she could hold her own onscreen opposite heavier hitters like Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton. So what if the premise of a nerdy Joe named Chuck Lumley (Winkler nerdy? Take that, Fonzie!) becoming a pimp to a fur-clad, cliché wrapped whore, turning the morgue he and Michael Keaton’s Bill Blazejowski work at into a brothel, is silly? The ensemble cast pulls it off, ushering in the crazy entrepreneurial 80’s in screwball style. Miho Nikaido, Ai in Ryû Murakami’s Tokyo Decadence Ryû Murakami’s 1991 Tokyo Decadence is one of my all-time favorite S&M flicks, not least because Miho Nikaido gives a refreshingly understated performance as Ai, a professional slave/call girl whose highly erotic acts of submission blew the mind of even this hardcore pervert. No need to “act sexy” if the script calls for your character to be forcibly fitted with a vibrator while being degraded at the hands of a sadistic yakuza john. Nikaido sizzles in collar and heels. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Neil McCormick in Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin “Mysterious Skin,” the 2004 movie based on Scott Heim’s novel about two teenage boys forever haunted by their respective childhoods, is the film with which director Gregg Araki finally grew up, his most mature and poignant flick to date. Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s young hustler Neil McCormick is the male Iris Steensma with more of a back-story. The fact that Neil was abused by his Little League coach – and embraced that abuse rather than allowed himself to become paralyzed by it – is apparent in every downward spiral move Neil pursues. Joseph Gordon-Levitt invests the character with the same sexual knowingness as Foster does Iris, that of a child whose only power in the world is through simultaneously wielding the body as instrument of seduction and red-blooded weapon. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/cinemarian/archive/2008/5/12/28736.aspx Post By: CinemaRian
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Body: "It's hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching to the sky to just to surrender." – Leonard Cohen, "The Stranger Song" from McCabe & Mrs. Miller. Although Robert Altman's film is often thought of as a deconstructed Western, to me, it seemed more like a fantasy or science fiction film. It creates a world completley unto itself, that seems to exist outside of time and history. The small town of Presbyterian Chuch-probably in Montana or Washington state, is one of the most distinctive and memorable locatins in all of cinema, and one of the most depressing. Although the title refers to two of its characters, the movie seems to be told from the point of veiw of God- looking down on a town of miserable sinners. Presbyterian Chruch is a mining town that consists almost entirely of men, who are not particularly cultured, or inellient, or ethical for that matter. They want entertainment, and traveling businessman John McCabe (Warren Beatty) thinks he can provide it for them, in the form of a brothel, which the men enthusiacticly support. He is surprised when a British madam, Constance Miller, (Julie Christie) enters town as well, and states that he is going about things all wrong- the men should have high class prostitues in comforatble surroundings. The two become business partners and Mrs. Miller is proved correct, as cash pours in. The fact that the prostitutes are not that much better looking than their customers helps to illustrate that the movie is not so much about sex, but about lifelessness. The men have few forms of entertainment aside from gambling, eating, and having sex. In the entire film, no character, male or female, has a meaningful relationship with another human. It's all about getting just enough to pleasure to make the day bareable. All of this is depressing, but not so much that the movie becomes repulsive. Altman has stated that he has conciounessly avoided formal beauty in the photography of his films, but this is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen, which makes the characters sad lives more meloncholy. It is like nature is too perfect for any human to inhabit this area- they are commiting sacrilidge on sacred ground. Warren Beatty turns in the best performance of his career as McCabe, who reminds me of Charles Foster Kane and Michael Corleone- they all could have been great men, but something went deeply wrong, and they became great at digging holes where they eventually burried themselves. Where this often brillant film goes wrong is when it tries to begin a conventional plot, involing disreputable businessman who want to buy the brothel from McCabe. The movie looses its transcendence when it tries to make an intellectual argument- it becomes another 70's parable about the dark side of the American dream, with the prototypical ending of the period, which you can guess if you have seen enough 70's movies. I liked it when it was just a compelling portrait of a cold place, in every sense of the word, and the people who lived there, ignorant, mean, greedy and miserable, perhaps so sad they don't even realize it. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
]]>Tue, 13 May 2008 02:07:44 GMTCinemaRianCinemaRian Blog5/12/2008 10:07:44 PM"It's hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching to the sky to just to surrender." &ndash; Leonard Cohen, "The Stranger Song" from McCabe &amp; Mrs. Miller. Although Robert Altman's film is often thought of as a deconstructed Western, to me, it seemed more like a fantasy or science fiction film. It creates a world completley unto itself, that seems to exist outside of time and history. The small town of Presbyterian Chuch-probably in Montana or Washington state, is one of the most distinctive and memorable locatins in all of cinema, and one of the most depressing. Although the title refers to two of its characters, the movie seems to be told from the point of veiw of God- looking down on a town of miserable sinners. Presbyterian Chruch is a mining town that consists almost entirely of men, who are not particularly cultured, or inellient, or ethical for that matter. They want entertainment, and traveling businessman John McCabe (Warren Beatty) thinks he can provide it for them, in the form of a brothel, which the men enthusiacticly support. He is surprised when a British madam, Constance Miller, (Julie Christie) enters town as well, and states that he is going about things all wrong- the men should have high class prostitues in comforatble surroundings. The two become business partners and Mrs. Miller is proved correct, as cash pours in. The fact that the prostitutes are not that much better looking than their customers helps to illustrate that the movie is not so much about sex, but about lifelessness. The men have few forms of entertainment aside from gambling, eating, and having sex. In the entire film, no character, male or female, has a meaningful relationship with another human. It's all about getting just enough to pleasure to make the day bareable. All of this is depressing, but not so much that the movie becomes repulsive. Altman has stated that he has conciounessly avoided formal beauty in the photography of his films, but this is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen, which makes the characters sad lives more meloncholy. It is like nature is too perfect for any human to inhabit this area- they are commiting sacrilidge on sacred ground. Warren Beatty turns in the best performance of his career as McCabe, who reminds me of Charles Foster Kane and Michael Corleone- they all could have been great men, but something went deeply wrong, and they became great at digging holes where they eventually burried themselves. Where this often brillant film goes wrong is when it tries to begin a conventional plot, involing disreputable businessman who want to buy the brothel from McCabe. The movie looses its transcendence when it tries to make an intellectual argument- it becomes another 70's parable about the dark side of the American dream, with the prototypical ending of the period, which you can guess if you have seen enough 70's movies. I liked it when it was just a compelling portrait of a cold place, in every sense of the word, and the people who lived there, ignorant, mean, greedy and miserable, perhaps so sad they don't even realize it. McCabe &amp; Mrs. Miller (1971) http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_Westerns/190/18747/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: ShaunHuston
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Body: I want to mention McCabe and Mrs. Miller and The Claim. McCabe is probably my favorite Robert Altman film and is one of the best revisonist Westerns of the 70s - reworking both the classic location, from desert southwest to wet and snowy Pacific Northwest, and characters, deconstructing the gunslinger myth and upsetting traditional gender dynamics. The Claim was heavily inspired by McCabe and intensifies the earlier film's sense of how isolated, lonely, and boring life on the frontier must have been for white settlers/colonizers. Wes Bentley's railroad surveyor is also an interesting character and one that you don't see very often inspite of how important the railroad was to Western communities (a theme that The Claim shares with Once Upon a Time in the West). I also think that Deadwood owes a debt to McCabe in its look and feel. I would also like to second the mentions of Heaven's Gate, which is far more interesting than its reputation suggests, and Open Range, which is quite brilliant in the way that it synthesizes traditional and revisionist elements in its plot and characters.
]]>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:07:33 GMTShaunHustonTop 58/25/2007 11:07:33 AMI want to mention McCabe and Mrs. Miller and The Claim. McCabe is probably my favorite Robert Altman film and is one of the best revisonist Westerns of the 70s - reworking both the classic location, from desert southwest to wet and snowy Pacific Northwest, and characters, deconstructing the gunslinger myth and upsetting traditional gender dynamics. The Claim was heavily inspired by McCabe and intensifies the earlier film&#39;s sense of how isolated, lonely, and boring life on the frontier must have been for white settlers/colonizers. Wes Bentley&#39;s railroad surveyor is also an interesting character and one that you don&#39;t see very often inspite of how important the railroad was to Western communities (a theme that The Claim shares with Once Upon a Time in the West). I also think that Deadwood owes a debt to McCabe in its look and feel. I would also like to second the mentions of Heaven&#39;s Gate, which is far more interesting than its reputation suggests, and Open Range, which is quite brilliant in the way that it synthesizes traditional and revisionist elements in its plot and characters. http://www.spout.com/blogs/analogzombie/archive/2007/7/13/14033.aspx Post By: analogzombie
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Body: McCabe and Mrs. MillerJohn McCabe is a drunk, a card sharp, and full of personal demons. He's also a business man with the dream of opening a rspectable gambling den and whorehouse in a frigid Pacific Northwest mining community. Luckily for him, he runs across Mrs. Miller, brilliantly played by Julie Christie, a well-worn brothel madam with more wits and business sense than McCabe. Striking a deal that'll ensure their mutual success, McCabe agrees to put up the money for Miller's whores, and bath house in exchange for half of the profits. When McCabe pisses off a couple bussinessmen looking to buy him out, a trio of gunslingers arrive in town to help him understand their position. What ensues is anything but the average Western.Altman uses the languid, and melahncholy sound of Leonard Cohen's music to structure the slow and thoughtful pace of the film. The snow covered mountains and icy streets of the town heighten the cold relationship between McCabe and Miller, never bursting into the heat that writhes under the surface. These are two very flawed people, and Altman paints them masterfully. So too, his portrait of life on the frontier. There is no posse that'll ride into this town and save the day, no high noon duel that'll preserve the life and honor of McCabe. He's a real man, not John Wayne, and he'll do what he has to to survive.
]]>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:26:00 GMTanalogzombieanalogzombie Blog7/13/2007 8:26:00 PMMcCabe and Mrs. MillerJohn McCabe is a drunk, a card sharp, and full of personal demons. He&#39;s also a business man with the dream of opening a rspectable gambling den and whorehouse in a frigid Pacific Northwest mining community. Luckily for him, he runs across Mrs. Miller, brilliantly played by Julie Christie, a well-worn brothel madam with more wits and business sense than McCabe. Striking a deal that&#39;ll ensure their mutual success, McCabe agrees to put up the money for Miller&#39;s whores, and bath house in exchange for half of the profits. When McCabe pisses off a couple bussinessmen looking to buy him out, a trio of gunslingers arrive in town to help him understand their position. What ensues is anything but the average Western.Altman uses the languid, and melahncholy sound of Leonard Cohen&#39;s music to structure the slow and thoughtful pace of the film. The snow covered mountains and icy streets of the town heighten the cold relationship between McCabe and Miller, never bursting into the heat that writhes under the surface. These are two very flawed people, and Altman paints them masterfully. So too, his portrait of life on the frontier. There is no posse that&#39;ll ride into this town and save the day, no high noon duel that&#39;ll preserve the life and honor of McCabe. He&#39;s a real man, not John Wayne, and he&#39;ll do what he has to to survive. http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2007/7/13/13865.aspx Post By: paul
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Body: UnforgivenOnce Upon a Time in the WestHeaven's GateMcCabe and Mrs. MillerThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Originally posted on:Schwinnfender
]]>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:00:27 GMTpaulpaul on spout.com7/13/2007 4:00:27 PMUnforgivenOnce Upon a Time in the WestHeaven's GateMcCabe and Mrs. MillerThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Originally posted on:Schwinnfender http://www.spout.com/blogs/hairylime/archive/2007/2/20/5650.aspx Post By: HairyLime
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Body: In a discussion group recently the topic of 'book adaptations' has been brought up, and while I was watching this last night it occurred to me that this one is another good example of a successful 'book to movie' transformation that is neither too literal of a rote retelling, and stands on its own as a film.Caught the final third of this one a couple weekends ago while flipping channels, and then watched the rest of the movie yesterday evening. Not the first time I'd seen it (I've actually lost count how many times), and it struck me how very fresh and innovative it still seems 30 plus years after the fact. There wasn't really anything like it seen before, with its overlapping dialog, meandering storyline and counter-cultural viewpoints.Those brought up on the television series may find the flavor a little hard to digest, no neatly tied up plotlines, no laugh track, a subtler brand of humor.Gould and Sutherland are a great pairing, and would go on to costar in a few other 'anti-establishment' comedies after this to lesser success. Gary Burghoff is quite good as Radar and would go on to repeat the role on television (I actually find him funnier in the movie, more subversive, where he seems to turn into a cute little mascot on the television series), Bud Cort, John Shuck, Michael Murphy & Sally Kellerman would all go on to become Altman regulars, and Robert Duvall portrays a truly memorable Frank Burns, who is all the more frightful for his seriousness, where the television version is turned into a buffoonish caricature.A first feature by one of my favorite directors who unfortunately passed away last year, some other favorite Altman films: Nashville, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, 3 Women, Short Cuts, The Player, Gosford ParkSome other good 'anti-war' films and 'book adaptations': Catch 22, Slaughterhouse Five
]]>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:23:00 GMTHairyLimeHairyLime Blog2/20/2007 8:23:00 PMIn a discussion group recently the topic of &#39;book adaptations&#39; has been brought up, and while I was watching this last night it occurred to me that this one is another good example of a successful &#39;book to movie&#39; transformation that is neither too literal of a rote retelling, and stands on its own as a film.Caught the final third of this one a couple weekends ago while flipping channels, and then watched the rest of the movie yesterday evening. Not the first time I&#39;d seen it (I&#39;ve actually lost count how many times), and it struck me how very fresh and innovative it still seems 30 plus years after the fact. There wasn&#39;t really anything like it seen before, with its overlapping dialog, meandering storyline and counter-cultural viewpoints.Those brought up on the television series may find the flavor a little hard to digest, no neatly tied up plotlines, no laugh track, a subtler brand of humor.Gould and Sutherland are a great pairing, and would go on to costar in a few other &#39;anti-establishment&#39; comedies after this to lesser success. Gary Burghoff is quite good as Radar and would go on to repeat the role on television (I actually find him funnier in the movie, more subversive, where he seems to turn into a cute little mascot on the television series), Bud Cort, John Shuck, Michael Murphy &amp; Sally Kellerman would all go on to become Altman regulars, and Robert Duvall portrays a truly memorable Frank Burns, who is all the more frightful for his seriousness, where the television version is turned into a buffoonish caricature.A first feature by one of my favorite directors who unfortunately passed away last year, some other favorite Altman films: Nashville, McCabe &amp; Mrs. Miller, 3 Women, Short Cuts, The Player, Gosford ParkSome other good &#39;anti-war&#39; films and &#39;book adaptations&#39;: Catch 22, Slaughterhouse Five http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/gambling/MemberTagFilms.aspxgambling
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