ing ▁town , ▁with ▁the ▁essential ▁assistance ▁of ▁its ▁mad am , ▁Mrs . ▁Miller . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁Roger ▁E bert ▁wrote , ▁" Ro bert ▁Alt man ▁has ▁made ▁a ▁dozen ▁films ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁called ▁great ▁in ▁one ▁way ▁or ▁another , ▁but ▁one ▁of ▁them ▁is ▁perfect , ▁and ▁that ▁one ▁is ▁McC abe ▁& ▁Mrs . ▁Miller ▁( 1 9 7 1 ). " ▁Walter ▁Ch aw ▁has ▁written , ▁" The ▁father ▁of ▁cont empl ative ▁American ▁class ics ▁like ▁Jim ▁J arm usch ' s ▁Dead ▁Man ▁and ▁Andrew ▁Domin ik ' s ▁The ▁Ass ass ination ▁of ▁J esse ▁James ▁by ▁the ▁Cow ard ▁Robert ▁Ford , ▁McC abe ▁& ▁Mrs . ▁Miller , ▁like ▁The ▁Wild ▁B unch , ▁pack s ▁every ▁bit ▁the ▁wal lop ▁of ▁relev ance ▁and ▁currency ▁that ▁it ▁did ▁over ▁three ▁dec ades ▁ago . ▁No ▁hint ▁of ▁hyper bo le , ▁they ▁are ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁films ▁ever ▁made ." ▁ ▁As ▁he ▁had ▁done ▁for ▁Pe ck in p ah ▁on ▁The ▁Wild ▁B unch , ▁Lomb ardo ▁acted ▁as ▁a ▁second ▁unit ▁director ▁for ▁additional ▁film ▁foot age . ▁Alt man ▁and ▁Lomb ardo ▁spent ▁nine ▁months ▁editing ▁the ▁film ▁in ▁North ▁V ancouver , ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁location ▁of ▁the ▁film ing ▁itself . ▁ ▁The ▁editing ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁apparently ▁never ▁been ▁sing led ▁out ▁for ▁critical ▁attention , ▁with ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁the ▁innov ative ▁style ▁of