I have found that with alot of Alan Rudolph's films, you have to be in the right zone, o a certain kind of mood, a frame of mind to enjoy them fully. They can be boring and even rather painful to sit through if your mind's not in the place to absorb all the dialogue. He learned from Altman. I believe he also learned from Hitchcock! You take a film like "Remember My Name" or "Trouble in Mind" and the one we're speaking of. They have questions that the audience must answer by actually paying close attention to the film. And, sometimes you will find that even tho you search for the answer, you can't find it. He's a frustrating director.. Sometimes the elusive answers we look for are phantoms. He writes all his own films. He has never really become a mainstream director. His films have a clandestine following. His films are terrific shown back to back in a theater on a hot summer night. I love marathons
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