Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Such Good Friends (1971 Otto Preminger)

Elaine May season continues with her adaptation of a novel by Lois Gould, which was based on her own true experience (her husband died in minor surgery and she found a diary containing all his love affairs). Funny and black e.g. scene where all the husband's 'friends' gather at the hospital like it's a social gathering.

Dyan Cannon is the Candide-like central figure (the nude photo of her is clearly faked - from her revealing top we can see she's no bikini shadow which the photo clearly has), James Coco is great as a doctor 'friend' (again), Laurence Luckinbill is the husband, Ken Howard and Jennifer O'Neill as more 'friends'.

Call this a 'review'?

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