3 Women av Justin (University of Rhode Island USA) Wyatt

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<b>Released after the large-scale frescos of <i>Nashville</i> (1975) and <i>Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull¿s History Lesson</i> (1976), <i>3 Women</i> (1977) was seen as an intimate drama from director Robert Altman.</b>Justin Wyatt''s study of <i>3 Women</i> explores the film''s genre defying characteristics. He argues that the film goes beyond its initial interpretation as an example of art cinema owing to its surrealist, dreamlike quality. Wyatt considers four distinct aspects of the film; the function of space and Altman¿s ability to guide the action through the careful unfolding of the mise-en-scene; its critique of social and sexual manners; the construction of Shelley Duvall¿s impressive performance; and the ways through which the film can be interpreted generically as alternately a psychological drama, a puzzle film, a dark comedy, and a horror film. Using archival materials from the Robert Altman Archive at the University of Michigan Special Collections, Wyatt e