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Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)
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16 December 1970 (USA)
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Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York...
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Model
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Photographer
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Lesbian
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Beautiful Woman
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Hotel
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
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Great Dunaway Performance
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Faye Dunaway | ... | Lou Andreas Sand |
 | Barry Primus | ... | Aaron Reinhardt |
| Viveca Lindfors | ... | Paula Galba |
| Barry Morse | ... | Dr. Galba |
 | Roy Scheider | ... | Mark |
| Ruth Jackson | ... | Barbara Casey |
| John Heffernan | ... | Dr. Sherman |
| Sydney Walker | ... | Psychiatrist |
| Clark Burckhalter | ... | Davy Bright |
| Shirley Rich | ... | Peggy McCavage |
| Emerick Bronson | ... | Falco |
| Joe George | ... | Man in Bar |
| John Eames | ... | Doctor |
| Harry Lee | ... | Mr. Wong |
| Jane Halleran | ... | Joan |
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105 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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When being interviewed about the film by documentarians Ted Demme and Richard LaGravanese (for their film A Decade Under the Influence (2003)), co-star Roy Scheider expressed in a flustered manner, "I had never been involved in a film project that spent so much time studying how a woman drinks her tea!"
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Lou Andreas Sand:
I'm not adding up to anything, am I, Aaron? I'm not making any sense.
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Features Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
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Faye Dunaway has always been my favorite actress and this movie provides a great showcase for her talents. She plays a very neurotic model who cannot even trust her own memories. The movie is done in a non-narrative style that was fairly common in the 1970s, with events shown out of order, and that device is used very effectively to portray the protagonist's instability. This is one of the overlooked movies from a period that produced many great and challenging films; I don't believe it's ever even been on video.