Proves the Seventies was the best generation of film...

Rating: Null/10 (22 September 2000)

The seventies were truly the pinnacle decade of american cinema, especially from the iconoclastic filmmakers (Scorsese, Coppola, Kubrick, Lumet, etc.) of which Altman was among. This film showed his true genius, and quite a journey he's made from MASH (1970) to his other modern classic Short Cuts (1993). This film not only shows Altman as a genius with great editing, cinematography, and directing, but also shows the incredible acting talents of Elliot Gould, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, and a cast of other greats. M*A*S*H is another of those films that moviemakers of the video generation (educated in film by trips to Blockbuster or the local video store, etc.) treasure and praise. In my humble opinion it is also the greatest satire of an American institution (if you can call the military that) since Network (more proof of how great the seventies were). Truly excellent, but I can see how some people bored by the football game sequence. But I thought it was humorous and wonderfully edited. Well, see it for yourself and see the first spark of genius from the director of NASHVILLE, THE PLAYER, SHORT CUTS, McCABE AND MS.MILLER, among others.