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the soundtrack is great. I like Keith Caradine and most of the rest of the cast. Knew the manager of a theater where this was playing, must have watched it 20 times or more.

It was alright, but kind'a lame. Disk copy was just fine. Wish there'd been more Sissy Spacek time in it.

I lived in Los Angeles since 1978 sigh....the 70's!!!) till 5 months ago * sob * and to me, this movie CAPTURES the aura, the sensibility, the moodiness the fears the loneliness, neediness, manipulations, and cut throat using that is the deep and profound epitomy of the City of Angels! I adore adore adore this movie! If you have ANY love of Los Angeles this movie is for you.Please watch it more than once I have seen my well worn and hyper stretched VHS tape countless times and love each scene even more) ...as the characters, strange and weird, get more understandable each time. The music is bizarre, Richard Baskin of Baskin and Robbins, his dad) is nauseatingly obnoxious and perfect in this underlying part and his music flows under the movie like a dark strange blood...his voice is good, the musicians are real studio musicians he too, I believe he was Barbra Streisand's boyfriend at this time) ...Keith Carradine, a multi talent in his own right...actor, songwriter, singer, painter....is perfect perfect perfect as the cold icy stranger, the user, the self centered artiste who is above all the even colder LA manipulations...Cissy Spacek, so young and bubbly as the ingenue with a mind like a trap...on and on...this movie is priceless and perfect. Sally Kellerman as the gorgeous neurotic, with the philandering hubby, trying to find herself...so scared...Geraldine Chaplin, Harvey Keitel...a couple full of love full of hate connecting, parting....They DO NOT make movies like this at all...it is a work of true art with exceptional acting, unique writing , and cinematography...the scenes in cars...SO Los Angeles.Not that I am the expert, but I am someone who has lived and deeply deeply loved that city. This is a particularly wonderful strange dark movie that gets better and better each watching. I can not recommend it enough.

a great 1970s indie, a great robert altman pruduction, a great ensemble movie, a great xmas blues movie, a great music bizz, & a pretty damn good edition. alan rudolph has gone on to make all sorts of great & quirky movies.it favorably compares to ophuls' la ronde. which it owes a narrative debt to. (if you are going to steal, steal from the best.)even tho it's an ensemble movie with excellent performances overall, some performances stand out: cissy spacek, keith caradine, harvey keitel & geraldine chaplin have never been better.& tak fujimoto's camera work is amazing. some of the best night for night scenes i've ever seen. & the tricks to achieve depth of focus are things every filmschool geek should study.

Even though it said sold by AmazonServices, the DVD I got is an obvious copy. The DVD itself has the dye layer unlike production DVD's that do not use a dye layer. I can also clearly see where the writing of data stopped. Again, a production DVD does not have this. The cove art on the DVD is from a laser printer.I did not think this was legal and therefore would not be sold by Amazon but I guess there are exceptions????Lance

STOP PRESS !!! -STOP PRESS !!! -STOP PRESS !!! -STOP PRESS !!! -STOP PRESS !!! -STOP PRESS !!! - YOU CAN BUY IT NOW - WE DID IT!!!! HOORAY !!!! WELL DONE EVERYONE WHO VOTED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN !!!A wonderful tribute to one of the world's most underrated but most familiar cities. You know it even if you have not been there. I would wager that more films are set in LA than any other city on the planet. Its combination of tall palm trees, hills and mountains, beaches and stylish skyscrapers make it visually truly stunning. But enough of the travelogue!! The film has a wonderfully atmospheric quality - very 1970s (in a good way) - and the actors never put a foot wrong. I love French films and there is something Gallic about the direction. Another French connection is Geraldine Chaplin, who numbers a couple of films from that country in her distinguished career.I won't tell you any more or I might spoil things, just go and buy this today on DVD - and enjoy!!! [Or maybe not. One little problem - you can't buy it on DVD because it is unavailable. This is ridiculous. If you would like to have this movie re-released, please mark this review as "helpful". ]!!!! STOP PRESS !!! - YOU CAN BUY IT NOW - WE DID IT!!!! HOORAY !!!! WELL DONE EVERYONE WHO VOTED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN !!!

The memory of this movie has haunted me since the one and only time I saw it when it was released. And now I own it! I was born and raised in LA, and in 1976 I was in the same age range as most of the characters in the film. Rudolf examined and presented the zeitgeist with skill, beauty, honesty and aplomb: each actor, sequence, scene and story were spot-on and resonated because they represented what was actually happening at that time and in that unique place. Seeing the young Lauren Hutton, Harvey Keitel, Keith Carradine, Sissy Spacek, Sally Kellerman, and Geraldine Chaplin in all their glossy beauty was just as thrilling as it was when the film was new. Is it for everyone? Probably not. But a truly worthwhile glimpse of the ennui and trendy decadence of that time. Each shot is a miracle of composition. (Richard Baskin's music does get a little wearing.) And a big shout-out to Viveca Lindfors - a force of nature as Susan.

Considering the people who made this film (which I have tried to find or even a showing), I was expecting something as great as the work they have done on other projects. Maybe it's dated and I've seen the message too many times since, but I was very disappointed. I could go on scene by scene, but I will spare you that. Even the song (which I first found pleasant and haunting),eventually made me yell in my head "STOP ALREADY!". I wish I had seen this when it was released - maybe I would of viewed it a lost treasure.

Ich kenne und liebe den Film schon recht lange - vielleicht daher meine große Enttäuschung über die sehr bescheidene Bild- und Tonqualität dieser DVD, die meiner Meinung nach eher der Digitalisierung einer VHS-Kassette entspricht, als einer DVD-Qualität. Für Liebhaber des Originaltons empfehle ich die US-amerikanische Blu-Ray Version bei Amazon.com.

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