My first introduction to Joan Didion's whole deal.
I'm guessing this worked better as a book, where Maria's existential struggle could be given the inner voice it probably deserves. I could never fully hate a movie that's this formally inventive, but did not find that the engaging cinematography or mixed-medium aspects connected to the story in a meaningful way.
Like Winter Kills, which I also saw at Film Forum with Parker and which also involves Anthony Perkins, this film is…