December 17, 2014, 7:15 p.m. — 3 Women (1977), Girl Talk (1966)
3 Women
1977. USA. Written and directed by Robert Altman. With Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule, Robert Fortier, Ruth Nelson. Wide-eyed Pinky, newly employed at a geriatric center, latches on to a fellow nurse, the chatty and self-styled sophisticate Millie Lammoreaux. When the pair become roommates, Pinky’s idolization quickly irritates Millie until an act of desperation gives way to a sinister reversal of roles. Spacek and Duvall each brilliantly deliver their own portrait of modern loneliness, played out to the muted colors of the Southern California desert, in this strange and gripping psychodrama. Digital projection. 124 min.
