"Maria's life was a search for the ultimate answer even after she found there was none."19 October 1972Drama99 mins
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.
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Romain, 31, a fashion photographer with terminal cancer, elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.
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Frank Perry's bizarre adaptation of Joan Didion's legendary novel starring Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins.
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Clips from "Play It As It Lays" 1972 Tuesday Weld Anthony Perkins et al. Based on Joan Didion's novel. Theirs isn't what you'd call a love story. Still Maria and ...
Play It As It Lays- Intro
Intro to Frank Perry's 1972 film adaptation of Joan Didion's "Play It As It Lays" starring Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins. Screenplay by Didion and her ...
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Songs from The Hunger Games soundtrack.
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One of the masterpieces of the American cinema. Caveat: These clips from this extremely rare film are of poor visual and audio quality. Starring Tuesday Weld ...
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Budda the retard.
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