3 WOMEN (1977) - Part Thirteen

3 Women is Robert Altman's most unconventional of films. In fact, the film doesn't really have a genre. One could say it's a drama, but the film is to comical to really be seen as dramatic. The film could be called a comedy, but it has so many points of horror to keep that brand. You can also claim it as a horror film, but the terror is nowhere near as consistent to actually be seen as a horror film. It is all three of those genres, yes. But it is not solely one or the other, and had I categorized DVDs at a video store, I would make it have its very own shelf. 3 Women is almost impossible to review, or talk about, because the film is just so complex and dreamy. It's unforgettable, for sure, and it stirs one's thoughts. But it is still on the verge of impossible to carry on a conversation about the film. 3 Women is a masterpiece, and it is worth seeking out. Even if you may not understand a bit of it.

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[seventeenboi]

I am captivated by the film

[Theshark15z]

1:42..............this scene just trigger my long term memory. When I was about seven or eight I remember seeing this scene where Millie tells Pinky to go get a docter but instead she just stays there and watches so Millie gets upset and slaps Pinky.

[whitebluebug]

I would have strangled Pinky 5 parts ago..lol

btw, thank you SO much for this upload, you rock!!:)

[obsessong]

@dorsaiofdorsai Thanks so much for adding Ebert's review. I really appreciate it.

[ZaDaleko]

The minimal plot involves two women whose personalities are in sharp contrast when they first meet and move in together. The third woman of the titular three is a key supporting character—a mural artist who lives at the same apartment building. The events take place in a small desert community typical of those found east of Los Angeles. For obvious reasons the film has a dream-like quality, focusing more on behavior, mood and mystery than on plot devices.

[NataschaO]

This really is a horror movie. :-(

[TIPTON340]

... The dream was Millie and Pinky as roommates and Pinky atempting to become

Millie. The reality is Millie is the mother, Pinky, the child, and Willie is the grand-

mother.

[carmenjones411]

Good Lord shes making my insides hurt!

[dorsaiofdorsai]

Roger Ebert's Great Movie Review (12/12)

*May contain spoilers*

And against these realistic details Altman marshals the force of dreams. In dreams we test new identities, cast our friends in shifting roles, and find ourselves inexplicably at new jobs or in new places where the rules are explained but we never quite understand them.

[dorsaiofdorsai]

Here the dream is perhaps shared by all three women, each one imagining the other two, each one lacking what the others possess. As men rumble without consequence in the background, they feel their way through mystery toward each other, Willie with sad resignation, Pinky with avid emotional hunger, and Millie, poor Millie, because she knows not what else to do.