3 Women. 1977. USA. Written and directed by Robert Altman. 124 min.
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. Courtesy Twentieth Century Fox. Digital projection.
Girl Talk. 1966. Directed by Robert Altman. 4 min.
Produced for Color-Sonic. Bobby Troup serenades a high-class styling session. Digital video presentation courtesy the Robert Altman Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.