Robert Altman’s masterpiece parses an anthology of genres to form a melodrama, show-business musical, satiric comedy, and assassination-plot movie. Some 24 unforgettable personalities capture the climate of Music City and America in the mid-1970s in the five days leading to a presidential campaign. 1975, DCP, 159 minutes. Part of the program Robert Altman: An American Maverick (April 1992).
