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I can only describe it as a very retro gritty Western which paints a very bleak picture of the Old West in true Robert Altman fashion with a marvelous soundtrack by Leonard Cohen.never seen it, as a movie is it any good? (not all Criterion releases should be touted as classics .. )
Warren Beatty and Julie Christie are excellent in their respective roles and would later reunite in a remake of HEAVEN CAN WAIT but with Altman's trademark overlapping dialogue and mud strewn landscapes even critics were divided over its merits! But it did influence the look of future Westerns which previously had painted a more Hollywoodish and romanticized portrait of the old West ...which in hindsight, was anything but glamorous!
I have Criterion's excellent 1080p BD~V whose negative the 4K remaster was struck from and am still debating whether to upgrade!