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Play It As It Lays is a 1972 American drama film directed by Frank Perry and written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, based on the novel of the same name by Didion. The film stars Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins, who previously starred together in 1968'sPretty Poison. Former model Maria Wyeth, who comes from a Nevada town with a population of 28, is now a successful actress. Unhappily ...
1 gen 2001 · Joan Didion. 3.92. 68,642 ratings7,742 reviews. A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society reflected in spare prose that blisters and haunts the reader. Set in a place beyond good and evil - literally in Hollywood, Las Vegas, and the ...
Perry next directed “Doc” (1971), a debunking of the Wyatt Earp – Doc Holliday legend. The western, which was written by Pete Hamill, starred Stacy Keach, Harris Yulin, and Faye Dunaway. Next was Play It As It Lays (1972), an adaptation of a novel by Joan Didion, who cowrote the script with her husband, John Gregory Dunne.
Play It as It Lays is a 1970 novel by American writer Joan Didion. Time magazine included the novel in its list of the "100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005". [1] The novel has been credited for helping define modern American Fiction [2] and has been described as an "instant classic". [3] It is known for depicting the nihilism and ...
This film is an excellent portrayal of a career/mid-life crisis, in its most existential form. Not to be morbid, but if you ever read in the headlines about someone who "has it all" and just committed suicide, (and you are still mystified by this) you should watch this film. It is a version of "The Bell Jar" as experienced in Hollywood.
22 lug 2014 · An unappreciated classic. It masquerades as a low budget hand-held shoot, but there’s nothing low budget about the powerful performances of the cast. Both Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins bring their real Hollywood-inflicted pain to their performances. This film should be a must-see for any burgeoning film maker. Reviewer: C. J. Berry263 ...
