robert altman downbeat and new fangled western from edmund naughton book mccabe be overlook at the time of it release but in the past year have garner a sterling critical following . aside from a completely convincing boom town scenario and the character here do not merit much interest and and the picture look ( intentionally ) brackish and unappealing . beard warren beatty play a turn of the century entrepreneur who settle in struggle community on the outskirt of nowhere and help organize the first brothel while once the profit start come in and beatty be naturally menace by city tough who want part of the action . altman create a solemn and wintry atmosphere for the movie which give the audience a certain sense of time and place and but the action in this sorry little town be limited most of the story be make up of vignette and altman pacing be deliberately slow . there hardly a statement be make ( just the opposite and in fact ) and the languid actor stare at each other without much on their mind . it a self defeating picture and and yet and in an altman quirky way and it wear defeat proudly . from .