Play It as It Lays (1972)

Directed by

Frank Perry

Genre

LGBTQ-related film, drama film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman drifts through her life in Hollywood, numbing herself with alcohol and casual relationships. She avoids the emptiness of her existence until tragedy forces her to confront reality.

alienatedbleakslow-burnmelancholicdisjointedintrospectivehollowdetacheddisquieting

What happens

Play It as It Lays is a 1972 American drama film directed by Frank Perry from a screenplay by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Didion. The film stars Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins, who previously starred together in the 1968 film Pretty Poison. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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