Programming note: Buffalo Bill and the Indians

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, come one and come all, to the most amazing, the most exciting, the most thrill-packed and heart-pounding discussion of Robert Altman’s historically accurate, factually true, culturally authentic depiction of the story of the story of the story of the taming of the American Wild West by the man who did the most to tame it and lived to tell the tale thousands and thousands and thousands of times in arenas and under tents in every state of the Union and in countries around the World, Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson!

You heard correctly, folks.  All the fun, all the glory, all the blood-curdling adventure of the First Annual I Hate Robert Altman Virtual Film Festival continues tomorrow night, Thursday, February 25, at 10 PM Eastern time.

This time you have no excuses, because you can watch Buffalo Bill and the Indians right now, the entire movie, for free, on YouTube!

Here’s the New York Times overview.

Comments

[Michael Bartley]

We're behind you Bill, er, I mean Lance. Sitting Bull? Sittin' Bull? Okay, that's from memory now to watch it all again and to prepare for all your shot and arrow to the heart of this movie I cherish. Looking forward to it.

[Michael Bartley]

Also, may I add some book ideas that might become part of the discussion.
Louis Warren's Buffalo Bill's America (I believe the best bio. on Cody).
L.G. Moses' Wild West Shows and the Images of Am. Indians, 1883-1933.
Finally, the great James Welch's brilliant novel The Heartsong of Charging Elk.

[Ken Houghton]

Drats! That was going to be my excuse.

Now I have to go with "But your overview is much more in depth than anything I could contribute."

[Michael Bartley]

Oh, yeah, and Arthur Kopit's Indians, the play, was also published in paperback so you all can read that as well. Now, that you've done your reading you can sit back and watch Altman's history lesson which as we all know, in the great tradition of JFK, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Fargo, must be true. Sorry Lance, I'll sit down now.

[Lance]

Michael,

Thanks for the recommendations. And don't sit down. I'm counting on you to carry tonight's discussion.

[dwgs]

Don't live in USA, can't watch on youtube. Stupid MGM blocks content outside of the US. Why?

[Lance]

Dwgs, that's pretty crummy of MGM. I'm sorry to hear it. Amazon has it to "rent" online. Costs 3 bucks American. Here's the link.

Buffalo Bill And The Indians