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...McFerran, Agnes A. Hearn; R. W. Lishman, Margaret Lang; H. H. Rapp. Florence M. Lang; A. G. Rogers, Gwendolyn Rogers...
...Sullivan Travis (Richard Gere), gynecologist to the pampered ladies of Dallas. He has a lot to handle in this derisive comedy. His wife (Farrah Fawcett) goes nuts and naked in a mall fountain; his clients, to a woman, are idle and self-absorbed. To Altman and screenwriter Anne Rapp, women's problems are the result of their having way too much time on their manicured hands. The film's blithe misogyny soon becomes wearying; it refuses to see women as more than the sum of their private parts...
...style echoes the fact that Rapp wrote Nocturne when he was reading Faulkner. Although the Son never lapses into an inchoate stream, his monologue is a form of self-flagellation reminiscent of The Sound and the Fury's Jason Compson. In Nocturne the monologue is lyrical, moving with the sheer inevitability of a musical composition. Dallas Roberts' Son makes each word into a plaintive wail. Even when the character lapses into humor (at one point even mimicking stand up comedy), the humor's forced nature hints at more shocks to come. The subject matter is graphic and serious business...
Overall, though, Rapp presents us with a sympathetic and memorable character. This is Rapp's first major production, and moments of naivet and self-consciousness in the work show it. Fortunately his pinpoint accuracy with language makes it an aural delight. Expect much more, and much better, from Adam Rapp in the future...
...Adam Rapp...