Crazy to think we've come this far. Who would've imagined that a mid to low-budget action movie about a man avenging his dog and stolen car, despite its troubled production and struggles with budgeting and distribution, would grow into one of the biggest, best, most successful action franchises of all time? #yeahimthinkingimback
Theatre rewatch: Criterion 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Spine #827:
(Ritz Cinema 5)
Robert Altman’s 1971 realism attempt & succession at a revisionist western pays off with career best performances by William Beatty & Julie Christie. Although technically “MCCABE & MISS MILLER” is flawless. It’s the medative, drier, ambitious nature in which our characters find themselves which is so undeniably special & authentic the western tropes of the past before it. Hence, a significant departure from traditional Westerns. “MCCABE & MISS MILLER” is…
