That Cold Day in the Park. 1969. USA. Directed by Robert Altman. 113 min.
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.
Speak Low. 1966. USA. Directed by Robert Altman. 4 min.
Produced for Color-Sonic. Burlesque star Lili St. Cyr makes herself comfortable as Frances never could. Digital projection. Courtesy Jim McDonnell.