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Jul 30, 2016 - 12:47 PM
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Ny
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i'm a fan.
enough down to earth, realistic westerns have come to pass since then that the anti-western tag only really applies in the context of john ford, howard hawks etc etc. and if i had to list favorite westerns this would land quite high.
i wouldn't draw a parallel with tarantino myself, he favors bravado and legend and swagger, whereas altman is all about failure and weakness, he made a career out of undermining hollywood tropes, and tarantino went the other way, and revived even more unrealistic b-movie tropes for mainstream audiences.
the cinematography always came across quite muddy in the versions i've seen, it was probably part of the plan, but i'm curious to see a new hd transfer.
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Im sure there is one - chickenhearted did a quiz thread on it not too long ago.
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Jul 30, 2016 - 3:02 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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the cinematography always came across quite muddy in the versions i've seen, it was probably part of the plan, but i'm curious to see a new hd transfer.
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the dialogue is very muddy in the versions I've seen also.
Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond shot McCABE & MRS. MILLER near Vancouver, Canada. For a distinctive look, Robert Altman and Zsigmond chose to "flash" (pre-fog) the film negative before its eventual exposure, as well as use a number of filters on the cameras, rather than manipulate the film in post-production. In this way the studio could not force Altman to change the film's look to something less distinctive. Upon its initial release, the first two major prints of the film for critical screenings on the East and West Coasts were rushed from a Canadian laboratory with poor sound quality and color fidelity, resulting in a hostile critical reception. Upon viewing corrected prints later, two critics changed their negative reviews.
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Can you see the smokey card room much clearer now?! Do you watch Beatty play cards and want to cough?
Dunno about bonafide snow western, should be a category "Dingy, Smokey westerns" 
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