One of Altman's best and probably one of my favorite films of all time.

I have no idea what they were thinking when they put this in a Fantasy Film Encyclopedia as the only thing remotely approaching the fantastic in this movie is as you noted the strange dreamlike atmosphere. Maybe those Bodhi Wind murals push it further in the direction of fantasy.



As for Quintet hermanthegerm, I would stay away from it. It's a complete bore and probably ranks among Altman's worst.