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Schizophrenic housewife, engulfed by terrorizing apparitions, kills off each, unknowing if these demons are merely figments of her hallucinatory imagination or part of reality.

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Whilst writing a children's book, a woman interrupted by images unsure if they may, or may not be realWhilst writing a children's book, a woman interrupted by images unsure if they may, or may not be realWhilst writing a children's book, a woman interrupted by images unsure if they may, or may not be real

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

8.1K

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 7 nominations total

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Trivia
Actress Susannah York mentioned to director Robert Altman during one of the films pre-shooting sessions how she was writing a children's book called "In Search of Unicorns". Altman asked to read it. By the time he had finished the tale, Altman had decided to make York's character in the film a writer of children's' tales and asked York to quote parts of the fairy-tale in the movie. York received a writing credit for the film as the text was from her book. As such, the film represents actress York's film debut as a writer.

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Hugh: [repeated line, while searching for the vermouth] Son of a bitch.

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7/10

schizophrenic dream

This film does not represent what Altman is well-known for - community mosaic or documentary style films such as "MASH", "Nashville", and "A Prairie Home Companion". Instead, Altman extended what he tried in "That Cold Day In the Park (1969)" depicting the inner world of a psychopathic woman, but his approach here is more complex. In fact, the fragmented style of the film is quite appropriate to portrait the shuttered mind of heroine.

The use of sound and the twin image of the character somewhat reminded me of "Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)" by Maya Deren. However, the visual style of this film is distinctively the seventies - beautifully shot by Vilmos Zsigmond. A mesmerizing film.