Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1995
Abstract
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson was Robert Altman's bicentennial film. Released for the Fourth of July weekend in 1976, the film examines the western both as a national myth and as a commercial entertainment form; indeed, one might see the film's project as an expos? of the ideological functioning of the western, its white male hero, and the Native American in nearly 100 years of American popular culture.
Recommended Citation
Simon, William G. and Spence, Louise, "Cowboy Wonderland, History, and Myth: 'It Ain't All that Different than Real Life" (1995). Communication, Media & The Arts Faculty Publications. 17.
https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/media_fac/17
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Comments
Originally published:
Simon, William and Louise Spence. "Cowboy wonderland, history and myth." Journal of Film and Video 47.1-3 (The Western Spr/Fall 1995): 67-81.