Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Pros: Great cast (led by Paul Newman)! Great ideas...
Cons: Wish the movie were greater...

Buffalo Bill and the Indians; Or Sitting Bull's History Lesson is such a darned fun movie to think about that you almost wish it were a better movie to watch. Every scene and every image rewards intellectual meditation and dissection, but for a...

Pros: Strong performances, especially that of Burt Lancaster as Ned Buntline. Great setting and premise.
Cons: The film never develops a full dramatic head of steam.

To film Arthur Kopit's anti-Vietnam War play, Buffalo Bill and the Indians, must have seemed to atmospheric Director Robert Altman a perfect Bi-Centenniel present for the Nation. Its surrealistic use of Native Americans as a metaphor for the ...

Pros: Fascinating characters and setting. Interesting themes.
Cons: Unclear dramatization. Lack of conventional story arc.

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