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Three Women (1977)
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Movie Review by Tim
December 6th, 2007
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Bewildering But Intriguing
One of the happiest movie-going accidents of my life was when I went to a theater in the late 1970s to see some movie, only to find that it was no longer playing there. In its place was a film I had never heard of: Robert Altman's "3 WOMEN". My date and I stayed and watched the film, and loved every second of it. Imagery and dialogue from the film haunted me for more than 20 years, until it finally turned up on late-night TV and I eagerly recorded it. I watched that tape many times over the next few years until it was finally released on DVD. Viewing the DVD, I discovered that the TV broadcast that I had recorded was an edited version (of course!), and the DVD has scenes I hadn't seen since 1977, such as the sequence in which we see Pinky staying at a dingy hotel prior to moving in with Millie. Also, the moment where Millie walks down to the pool in her yellow hooded robe was not shown in the TV version. I KNEW that had been cut, as I could still remember it from the 1977 release.
3 WOMEN is not without its flaws. Its enigmatic ending feels very much like a gaping mass of loose ends and unanswered questions. But the journey is so satisfying, for me, that it becomes the whole reason to watch. A traditional destination -- a tidy ending -- is not necessary. Time and time again, though, I have convinced friends to watch the DVD, only to learn they didn't care for it at all. So be warned.
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