McCabe and Mrs. Miller and more

McCabe and Mrs. Miller

1971. Directed by Robert Altman. Screenplay by Altman, Brian McKay. With Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois, Michael Murphy. The director’s anti-Western taps into 1970s paranoia about the ruthlessness and long reach of corporate America. In the unforgiving frontier wilderness of Washington State in 1902, Christie’s cynical prostitute and Beatty’s hapless con man fall victim to deluded ambition, bravado, and despair. 120 min.

Zinc Ointment

1971. USA. Directed by Marianne Dolan. Footage from the set of McCabe and Mrs. Miller documents the complex production demands—and the good times—of location work in adverse conditions. Digital projection. 9 min.