Movies

August, 1976

After the title and subtitle Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or, "Sitting Bull's History Lesson," a legend in old-timy script flashes on the screen, announcing Robert Altman's absolute original & heroic enterprise of inimitable luster. There is, indeed, fierce humor and a wagonload of vintage atmosphere in this audacious tragicomedy (to learn more, see the Playboy Interview with Altman beginning on page 53), which pretends to deal with the genesis of show business as we presently know it...