There's a review of this titled Meaninglessness and I feel that's a pretty accurate summary of this movie.
This jumps from one thing to another, various people introduced and then discarded, from one story to another as if this was some kind of dream that makes none or little sense - it does in pieces or parts but not as a whole. This reminded me at one point of something akin to some David Lynch movie I'd seen.
This is filmed well and the acting by Stanwyck is fine - she may seem to some to be over the top at times, but she's not to me, that's really only due to the source material of how this movie was written, the screenplay. (Note: I have not heard the original radio broadcast). Without giving anything away, I will say there is a great encounter with her telling off her father, played by Ed Begley.
But that's just it - there can be good moments, but overall nothing seems to link them together in a linear fashion, and the story is an absolute jumbled mess! Nothing is clear - except the end, the last few minutes.
Fine cinematography; Stanwyck looks great and acts pretty fine in my opinion; Lancaster looks sharp and, there's nothing wrong with his acting either. It's just that this movie stinks.
This jumps from one thing to another, various people introduced and then discarded, from one story to another as if this was some kind of dream that makes none or little sense - it does in pieces or parts but not as a whole. This reminded me at one point of something akin to some David Lynch movie I'd seen.
This is filmed well and the acting by Stanwyck is fine - she may seem to some to be over the top at times, but she's not to me, that's really only due to the source material of how this movie was written, the screenplay. (Note: I have not heard the original radio broadcast). Without giving anything away, I will say there is a great encounter with her telling off her father, played by Ed Begley.
But that's just it - there can be good moments, but overall nothing seems to link them together in a linear fashion, and the story is an absolute jumbled mess! Nothing is clear - except the end, the last few minutes.
Fine cinematography; Stanwyck looks great and acts pretty fine in my opinion; Lancaster looks sharp and, there's nothing wrong with his acting either. It's just that this movie stinks.