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3 Women (1977)

Drama | 124 minutes
3,71 206 votes

Genre: Drama / Mystery

Duration: 124 minuten

Alternative title: Three Women

Country: United States

Directed by: Robert Altman

Stars: Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Janice Rule

IMDb score: 7,7 (19.580)

Releasedate: 10 April 1977

3 Women plot

"1 Woman Became 2, 2 Women Became 3, 3 Women Became 1."

Millie Lammoreaux (Shelley Duvall) and Pinky Rose (Sissy Spacek) work as assistants at a retirement home for the elderly. Pinky adores Millie and goes so far as to try to assume her identity.

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I also have the Blu-ray of this one in my proud possession and have already watched it several times.

Pinky Rose (played by a breathtaking Sissy Spacek ) goes to work in a sort of senior spa and meets Millie, who is supposed to teach her the tricks of the trade. Pinky probably represents the youthful innocence and virginity of the woman, while Millie has already explored the world / the secular world quite a bit.
Not long after, Pinky moves in with Millie at a motel, where a certain Edgar Hart, a man's man (or so he likes to pretend), is in charge. The third woman in this, Willie, married to Edgar, who will represent the final phase of a woman's life, is only seen quietly working on special works of art in and around the motel, as a kind of harmonious and ritual preparation for the inevitable end.
Before that ending, all three come together in a sort of completion of the cycle and acceptance of each other.
But that's just my two cents, and of course there's much more to it (is it still significant, for example, that Edgar's last name is Hart - heart -? Anyway, a good excuse to go see the film again soon.

Even more than in "That Cold Day in the Park," the photography is of such unparalleled beauty that the film itself is worth watching. Despite what I could make out of it, the story is still very elusive and almost esoteric, though I don't know exactly what "esoteric" means (that's for the initiated), but I find "woo-woo" such a negative word.
And just because of Sissy it's worth recommending, don't forget.


Full price, of course.

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Sir Djuke

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Robert Altman is one of the most interesting American directors of the second half of the 20th century. Although he was generally labeled anti-Hollywood, he was always given opportunities by the larger production companies, such as Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, MGM, and Paramount. But admittedly, his style was decidedly unorthodox, and in his specialty (ensemble films with large casts), he became the greatest.

The 1977 film "3 Women" is a remarkable film, even by Altman's standards, and one that's open to multiple interpretations. The story of three women (played by Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule, and Shelley Duval) whose power relations are constantly shifting is entertaining enough on its own.

Altman explained in interviews that the plot came to him in a dream, and with that knowledge, certain illogicalities in the film can be explained. It even raises the Bergman-esque question of whether the three women are, in fact, archetypes (child, mistress, mother) of one and the same person. "3 Women" is especially recommended for fans of David Lynch's work.

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I'm not really a Robert Altman fan, but MASH and McCabe & Mrs. Miller were okay. So I gave it a try. The two leads, Shelley Duval and Sissy Spacek, together create a strange vibe in the film. The whole thing didn't really grab me, and the music was a huge disappointment. There are some beautiful shots, though, and Duval and Spacek aren't bad in themselves, of course. It feels like a dated film.

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