That's right, Robert Altman made two films with Paul Newman. This one has Burt Lancater too. And Harvey Keitel, Will Sampson, Geraldine Chaplin, Shelley Duvall.
It's long. Over two hours. Ambles. Nice visuals, production value. It ambles. Bill puts on a show. Chats. Chats with a woman in his bed. There's Indians. Sitting Bull is stoic.
It shows Bill to be a bit of a braggart and a tool. That was blamed for the film's commercial failure. I don't think it was that - I think it's because the film was dull. Altman wrote the script with Alan Rudolph but they weren't working from a particularly strong source material, I'm guessing.
I was glad it was over. The acting and photography and stuff is fine, it's just dull.
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