"Play It as It Lays" impressed me at first viewing. For a decade, I waited to read a thumbnail review of it in "Sight and Sound." When I finally read one, the review disparaged the movie I most want to have on a DVD. Too bad.
Frank Perry directed several terrific films, including "Monsignor", "Diary of a Mad Housewife", and "The Swimmer." This is a movie I want to study in detail. I think it might belong on my top ten list; it is a faultless film version with a screen play by Joan Didion of her outstanding minimalist novel. The attention to nuance and detail reflects the same attention in the novel.
Every actor brings a subtle touch to his or her role. The editing is faultless. The cinematography by Jordan Croneweth is as matchless as his work in "Blade Runner" and "Handle with Care". Some think that Tuesday Weld merely played herself, but she has told us she is not the nihilist Maria is.
I recall with immense gratitude performances by Tammy Grimes, Adam Roarke, and Anthony Perkins, but everyone in this film is top notch I think this is the classic film about the moral and existential corruption of much American life. I will write more when I get to watch the film again. That final scream haunts me.
Frank Perry directed several terrific films, including "Monsignor", "Diary of a Mad Housewife", and "The Swimmer." This is a movie I want to study in detail. I think it might belong on my top ten list; it is a faultless film version with a screen play by Joan Didion of her outstanding minimalist novel. The attention to nuance and detail reflects the same attention in the novel.
Every actor brings a subtle touch to his or her role. The editing is faultless. The cinematography by Jordan Croneweth is as matchless as his work in "Blade Runner" and "Handle with Care". Some think that Tuesday Weld merely played herself, but she has told us she is not the nihilist Maria is.
I recall with immense gratitude performances by Tammy Grimes, Adam Roarke, and Anthony Perkins, but everyone in this film is top notch I think this is the classic film about the moral and existential corruption of much American life. I will write more when I get to watch the film again. That final scream haunts me.