Younger Bear and the DVR

I wanted to say something about the miracle of the DVR. For anyone who does not watch TV with one, well, you're still 'watching' TV. I was thinking earlier today that the DVR makes TV more like a book, than, well, like a TV. I mean that like a book, when I finish a chapter, I can lay it down and come back to it later. I was thinking this because I'd been doing just that with the movie Little Big Man. I was probably back to watching it for the 3rd or 4th time over the last week or so, taking it in in 20 or 30 minute intervals. And also like a book, if you don't understand a phrase, or mis-read/hear it, or realize that maybe your mind has been wandering for a minute or two, you can rewind/re-read/re-hear/re-see.

I really had forgotten how good a movie this was. In a lot of ways it could be Dustin Hoffman's best performance ever, ... but more than that it was/is this sweeping story (a little like Forest Gump) that encapsulates a lot of American history, no less so the 1970's, as the 1870's. This is especially enhanced by the sweeping scenery, the widescreen photography, the breath of america in its locations...

But above and beyond it has an ensemble cast that really put out some of their best performances, including Dan George, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam. William Hickey, Richard Mulligan (very good as Custer). Of special note, Cal Bellini as Younger Bear was hilarious.