Stars: Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais, Cathryn Harrison | Written by Robert Altman, Susannah York | Directed by Robert Altman
One night, children’s author Cathryn (Susannah York) is home alone when she receives a mysterious call claiming that her husband is in a hotel room with another woman. This cruel rumour triggers a wave of paranoia in Cathryn that will plunge her into the mouth of madness.
Cathryn insists that she and husband Hugh (Rene Auberjonois) escape to their cottage retreat. Once there, the hallucinations begin. Cathryn’s anxiety has followed them. Before long, other characters enter the mix: Rene (Marcel Bozzuffi), the ghost of an old lover; Marcel (Hugh Millais), a passionate brute; and Susannah (Cathryn Harrison), Marcel’s daughter, and the very image of Cathryn herself.
Spatial and temporal rules break down. At any one time each of the men, who are apparently interchangeable, may pop in or out of existence,...
One night, children’s author Cathryn (Susannah York) is home alone when she receives a mysterious call claiming that her husband is in a hotel room with another woman. This cruel rumour triggers a wave of paranoia in Cathryn that will plunge her into the mouth of madness.
Cathryn insists that she and husband Hugh (Rene Auberjonois) escape to their cottage retreat. Once there, the hallucinations begin. Cathryn’s anxiety has followed them. Before long, other characters enter the mix: Rene (Marcel Bozzuffi), the ghost of an old lover; Marcel (Hugh Millais), a passionate brute; and Susannah (Cathryn Harrison), Marcel’s daughter, and the very image of Cathryn herself.
Spatial and temporal rules break down. At any one time each of the men, who are apparently interchangeable, may pop in or out of existence,...
- 3/20/2018
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
Do we sometimes ‘grow into’ movies? This one now plays like a minor masterpiece. ‘Seventies auteur Robert Altman proves himself an expert practitioner of psychological hallucinations, in an intense tale of a schizophrenic children’s author who can’t keep her husband and two (imagined?) lovers sorted out. It’s one of the best, and best-looking puzzle pictures ever.
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Blu-ray
Arrow Academy
1972 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 101 min. / Street Date March 20, 2018 / Available from Arrow Video
Starring: Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais, Cathryn Harrison, John Morley.
Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond
Film Editor: Graeme Clifford
Original Music: John Williams
From a novel by Susannah York
Produced by Tommy Thompson
Written for the screen and Directed by Robert Altman
Perhaps Robert Altman’s Images should be elevated to a higher roost in his esteemed filmography. Perhaps his most cinematic movie — in terms of his formal use of the image, anyway — it lodges...
Images
Blu-ray
Arrow Academy
1972 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 101 min. / Street Date March 20, 2018 / Available from Arrow Video
Starring: Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais, Cathryn Harrison, John Morley.
Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond
Film Editor: Graeme Clifford
Original Music: John Williams
From a novel by Susannah York
Produced by Tommy Thompson
Written for the screen and Directed by Robert Altman
Perhaps Robert Altman’s Images should be elevated to a higher roost in his esteemed filmography. Perhaps his most cinematic movie — in terms of his formal use of the image, anyway — it lodges...
- 3/17/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
After watching Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller I quickly rushed back to the beginning and started watching it with Altman and producer David Foster's audio commentary, and the first thing that struck me was when Altman refers to the story as simple and how he doesn't care much for story, but looks at movies more as paintings. I found the comment fascinating, largely because many times people question my focus on narrative and how important I believe story to be for a film. There are certainly exceptions where a film can exist without a traditional narrative and perhaps manage to excite audiences despite never really telling a story at all, but those examples are few and far between, especially if we were to discuss films of a certain quality. To that end, on many levels I found McCabe & Mrs. Miller to be quite exceptional, but I hope people...
- 11/26/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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