December 7, 2014, 7:00 p.m. — That Cold Day in the Park (1969), Speak Low (1966)
That Cold Day in the Park
1969. USA. Directed by Robert Altman. Screenplay by Gillian Freeman, adapted from the novel by Richard Miles. With Sandy Dennis, Michael Burns, Susanne Benton. In the first of several Altman films exploring the interior world of unstable anti-heroines, Sandy Dennis delivers an arresting performance as Frances, a wealthy young spinster who shelters an apparently homeless and mute (and handsome) young man on a rainy Vancouver day. When Frances discovers the truth about the mysterious boy, she regains control by any means necessary, bringing this modern gothic psychodrama to a climactic finish. Restored by UCLA Film Television Archive, with funding provided by The Film Foundation and The Hollywood Foreign Press Association. 113 min.
