"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp..."

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I just had a look at a couple of movies from my youth. I am confirmed in my view that Robert Altman's Nashville, is one of the greatest movies of all time, probably the greatest American movie ever; but failure though it is, I am not far from thinking that his Popeye deserves even more honour. Who else would have dared to try the impossible to such an extent?