Mystery · Drama · Thriller
British
1980 · Directed by Nicolas Roeg · 123 min
In Vienna, an American psychoanalyst and a younger, restless woman begin an intense affair. The film circles that relationship from several moments in time, while a detective sifts through what it left behind. It is a cold, erotic and unsettling study of desire and control.
Why it matters in cinema history
A late high point of 1970s-style British art cinema, and one of the most uncompromising adult films made inside the English-language mainstream just as blockbusters took over.
Watch with intention
Treat the film as a puzzle about perspective: whose memory are you watching, and what is each cut asking you to compare?
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