Eliza's Horoscope (1975)Director:Gordon SheppardWriter:Gordon Sheppard |
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Eliza's Horoscope (1975)Director:Gordon SheppardWriter:Gordon Sheppard |
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Elizabeth Moorman | ... |
Eliza
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| Tommy Lee Jones | ... |
Tommy Lee
(as Tom Lee Jones)
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Rose Quong | ... |
Rose Quong, Chinese Astrologer
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Pierre Byland | ... |
Clown and Harmonica Boy
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Marcel Sabourin | ... |
Pervert Doctor
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Richard Manuel | ... |
Richard, Bearded Composer
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Thérèse Curotte | ... |
Tom's Grandmother
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| Alanis Obomsawin | ... |
Indian Maiden
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Chester Goodleaf | ... |
Indian
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Kevin Horn | ... |
Indian
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Donald Phillips | ... |
Indian
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Denis Lacroix | ... |
Watching Indian
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Claude Gai | ... |
Silas
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Michel Malhout | ... |
Blip
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Chitra Neogy | ... |
Baptismal Nun
(as Chiitra Neogy)
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An artistically pushy, meandering slice of old-school Anti-Hollywoodism which has something to do with a young woman's interest in astrology becoming possibly either beneficial or detrimental to her romantic pursuits and characteristic growth. Initially intriguing and occasionally visually interesting, it unfortunately digresses rapidly into a merciless hurl of vague imagery and willy-nilly abstraction. What could/would/should have been something dreamy and ethereal comes off a strained and woefully hypnogogic zombie-walk(which appears to have been edited with a melon-baller). There may be an ambiguous between-the-lines supernatural/metaphysical element in play here someplace, but the whole affair is just too high-flown to solidly deduce precisely *what* all this claptrap is supposed to mean.
Admittedly, I have not seen another film quite like ELIZA'S HOROSCOPE, and I suppose I would hesitantly recommend it to a few rabid fans of outré' head cinema. Others will surely find it a rough ride on a very slow train to noplace.