Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
Directed by Robert Altman · Cinematography by Paul Lohmann
PG123 min60 frames
WesternComedy
The greatest buffaloer of them all!
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What is Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson about?
Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer.
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson is a 1976 revisionist Western film directed, produced, and co-written by Robert Altman. It is based on the Arthur Kopit's 1968 play Indians. It stars Paul Newman as William F. Cody, alias Buffalo Bill, along with Geraldine Chaplin, Will Sampson, Joel Grey, Harvey Keitel, and Burt Lancaster as Bill's biographer, Ned Buntline.
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Across 60 sampled frames, Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson builds its coverage from medium shots (40% of the sample), with wide compositions (35%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Paul Lohmann keeps 75% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.
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