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Potluck Supper literally takes place in the mind of its lead character, the neurotic host (David Prum) whose anxiety about preparing for a dinner party provides the backdrop of this cosmic comedy of manners. In the first scene, Prum stands center stage with his head inside a miniature version of...
Potluck is benefited by Prum's remarkable performance as the host, played to nervous distraction with his mouth gaping open in a permanently dazed expression; this guy is so neurotic he's got sweat coming out of his ears. And the acting by the supporting cast also is fine, especially...
But if you're expecting something interesting, provoking and undoubtably stylish, then An Evening with Quentin Crisp could well provide an amusing alternative to loud larums, noble lords and neurotic princes.
Leaming is acutely hostile to more critical predecessors, notably Charles Higham, who argued in The Films of Orson Welles (1970) that the director suffered a neurotic fear of finishing his movies. "A destructive book," says Leaming. Welles shares her animosity. In one of his expensively unfinished films, The Other Side...
John Fowles, British novelist: "Cities are neurotic. If people were economically free to move, I somehow think there would be an enormous exodus from places like Chicago or New York or London."