Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by Robert Altman
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Criterion Collection)
An awkward and shy Sissy Spacek starts working at a spa for the elderly in California. She is trained for her job by Shelley Duvall, an outgoing but unpopular girl. Spacek becomes enamored with her new friend, eventually becoming roommates. However, when Duvall sleeps with the owner of their apartment complex, it drives Spacek to a suicide attempt. She spends several weeks in a coma during which Duvall, feeling guilty, visits daily, and even brings her kooky parents all the way from Texas. Spacek wakes up, claims not to know her parents, moves back into their apartment and exhibits a completely different personality. Drifting apart and increasingly antagonistic, they end up helping the wife of the hotel owner deliver a baby, leading to more tragedy and personality swapping. Dreamlike film might best be described as the bridge between Ingmar Bergman and David Lynch. Spends most of its running time examining the boring lives of its quirky characters set against a southern California desert backdrop, but then the last half hour turning it all upside down.
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