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Summary: Pigs in a Blanket
Review: I first saw this movie in its theatrical release. All of my work peers saw it as well and it seems that it was all we talked about. Yes, it was starnge, but oddly comical as well. Someone even had a dinner party serving up some of the Shelly Duvall's character's favorite recipes. It was a truely visionary and idiosyncratic Robert Altman movie and was compared to Bergman's "Persona". I taped it from t.v. once, but it was so cut up and disjointed that I eventually taped over it and decided to wait until it eventuall came out on video. And now I've ordered it and I'm so excited. Can't wait to see how it has held up.
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Summary: 3 Women
Review: I have a taped copy of this movie, and it is "priceless" to me, that is until the DVD comes out that I can purchase! (hint hint). I saw this film during a Robert Altman movie marathon on cable TV years ago, and it is one of those movies that intrigued me so much that I never forgot it - in fact, kept a close on the TV schedule until it appeared again just a few years back so I could at least record my very own copy. I'm a major Sissy fan (how can you not love her after Coal Miner's Daughter?) Shelley Duvall also won my utmost respect for her portrayal as Millie, the hip socialite who doesn't have a clue... Experimental, yes, and I do agree, just why isn't this a classic?
The "3rd" woman, (FYI - Janice Rule, who passed away recently) is the woman painting the walls of the drained out swimming pool. Now that role is a hard one to figure out - but it has some interesting moments when you go hummmmmm.....
Shelley Duvall's dress hanging out her car door always causes a laugh - and I still include a few of those crappy little shrimp cocktails-in-a-jar for snacks when I invite friends over to watch the film with me. They cannot appreciate that gesture until later in the movie. Always gives me a laugh! I too, beg for this movie to be released on DVD!
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Summary: Insanity - Can't Live With It - Can't Live Without it
Review: I remember seeing Altman movies in the 1970's and 1980's. I loved every one of them. "Three Women" was probably the most extraordinary - not to take anything away from "The Long Goodbye" or "McCabe and Mrs. Miller." The other American auteur I remember in the limelight at the time was Paul Mazursky. I believe Mazursky got an Oscar for "Harry & Tonto." I remember thinking back then that Altman was overdue for the kind of recognition he should have had for his work. From my point of view, in Mazursky films, the characters were basically conventional and the exterior world was kooky - this crazy world we live in these days. With Altman films, however, the madness was within each character, against a backdrop of a conventional exterior world. To me this is more real, more architypal, more universal, more permanent. In "Three Women" the painter lady paints away on murals in a desert swimming pool showing these ancient maybe Egyptian guys who can stand alone in their soulless fortress (if they have to), while the women crawling around their feet cannot (and they aren't too happy about it). There is no road map out of this one, the weather of human existence. All this would be depressing except that a humor which is both savage and kindly prevails, fueled by the magic of wonderful actors. "Three Women" is extraordinarily rich in shared overtones. As such I could watch it nearly as often as I listen to my favorite string quartet.
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Summary: Insanity - Can't Live With It - Can't Live Without it
Review: I remember seeing Altman movies in the 1970's and 1980's. I loved every one of them. "Three Women" was probably the most extraordinary - not to take anything away from "The Long Goodbye" or "McCabe and Mrs. Miller." The other American auteur I remember in the limelight at the time was Paul Mazursky. I believe Mazursky got an Oscar for "Harry & Tonto." I remember thinking back then that Altman was overdue for the kind of recognition he should have had for his work. From my point of view, in Mazursky films, the characters were basically conventional and the exterior world was kooky - this crazy world we live in these days. With Altman films, however, the madness was within each character, against a backdrop of a conventional exterior world. To me this is more real, more architypal, more universal, more permanent. In "Three Women" the painter lady paints away on murals in a desert swimming pool showing these ancient maybe Egyptian guys who can stand alone in their soulless fortress (if they have to), while the women crawling around their feet cannot (and they aren't too happy about it). There is no road map out of this one, the weather of human existence. All this would be depressing except that a humor which is both savage and kindly prevails, fueled by the magic of wonderful actors. "Three Women" is extraordinarily rich in shared overtones. As such I could watch it nearly as often as I listen to my favorite string quartet.
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Summary: Shelley Duvall is the greatest star
Review: I was profoundly confused through the first half an hour of the film but then I was hypnotized and by the end of the first hour I was thoroughly seduced. Shelley Duvall plays one of the more endearing wackjobs ever essayed on film. The fact that her rambling, pathetic monologues were improvised underscores the fact that she is one of our most underrated actresses. Sissy Spacek plays a feral wage slave who rooms with Ms. Duvall. Their relationship is deeply embarrassing...it predates 'Chuck and Buck' by twenty-five years years. It's ultimately about women who run with the wolves or possibly it's about the queasy allure of bummed-out, low-rent, consumer-focused California living...who cares? The characters stick with the viewer like a bad hangover. And Shelley Duvall...where are you?
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Summary: Still haunting me after 20 years
Review: I would do anything to get my hands on this movie. I saw it in a theater 20 years ago, and have thought of it with longing so many times... Dreamlike, yes! Those surreal blue slo mo pool scenes...I long for them. (I vaguely remember Sissy teaches a swimming class for old people?) I read once that Altman dreamed this one night, then decided to create a screenplay. Experimental, perfect, why isn't this a classic???
Sissy Spacechick and Olive Oil Duvall were incredible, and that other woman, the "THIRD" woman, the one who is painting the walls of the drained out swimming pool...god, who was she?
I need, I need need need to see that little tail of Shelley Duvall's dress hanging out the car door whenever she drives away. Please, please Movie Gods, release this on video & dvd
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Summary: Arguably Altman's greatest film?
Review: It is a real shame that Three Women has never been made available on any format but if it is going to be released on DVD this is a cause for celebration. Unconventional, unpredictable and original, Three Women defies description. It is devoid of any tradiational narrative devices and the film plunges you into a world you have never seen before. Three Women is strange, surreal,creepy and unlike anything you have ever experienced, uniquely Altman. Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek are unforgettable in their roles and Altman's skillful direction is nothing short of amazing. Highly recommended.
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Summary: It's not really that deep!
Review: It might not be the worst movie I've ever had to sit through - but it's close! The few people that actually did like this movie think it is deep and dream-like. One reviewer states "either you get it or you don't". Well, it's not that I don't understand what the film is trying to say - it just wasn't worth saying. I
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Summary: Stop projecting and SEE what a pretentious film this is.
Review: It's been 17 years since the film appeared on the big screen and it's long over due for the film to hit the home market. Thank you Criterion Collection for selecting this classic as one of your children. Nothing prepared me for the Robert Altman commentary that accompanies the film. I didn't realize how much this film had affected my life and friends life. I loved Shelley Duvall's Millie but I didn't realize how close to the character I became. The commentary was like a two hour therapy session. They don't make films like this anymore. Altman called it a impressionistic painting with music. Wow! The production is top notch and the mural paintings and the music are erie adding tension to the dramatic nightmare. Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Jancie Rule are brilliant.
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Summary: Altman At His Best!!!!!!!!!!
Review: It's been 17 years since the film appeared on the big screen and it's long over due for the film to hit the home market. Thank you Criterion Collection for selecting this classic as one of your children. Nothing prepared me for the Robert Altman commentary that accompanies the film. I didn't realize how much this film had affected my life and friends life. I loved Shelley Duvall's Millie but I didn't realize how close to the character I became. The commentary was like a two hour therapy session. They don't make films like this anymore. Altman called it a impressionistic painting with music. Wow! The production is top notch and the mural paintings and the music are erie adding tension to the dramatic nightmare. Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Jancie Rule are brilliant.
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