Sherman’s March - 1986 - 7/10
Ross McElwee’s documentary about the South, focusing on the ramifications of the Union Army under William Tecumseh Sherman and their ruinous march from Atlanta to Savannah.
Instead, however, McElwee veers into his disastrous relationships with females.
Seemingly from one loony girlfriend to another. We’re talking seriously oddball belles.
All of whom he films obsessively, constantly. I’m amazed none shot or bludgeoned him.
Throughout, this is laugh out loud funny. Burt Reynolds obsessing? Please!
Thing is, this “doc” is really Southern. Deeply Southern.
Such DNA is almost essential for “getting this”.
Probably overlong at 2+ hours.