2023.06.01
"Images" synopsis
One day, Kathryn, a children's author living in London, receives a mysterious phone call informing her that her husband, Hugh, is cheating on her, and begins to see visions of her former lover. She decides to take a rest in the countryside with her worried husband, but her symptoms don't subside and instead escalate.
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"' Images' seemed perfect. I said, 'This is it!' "Everyone in the world would see this movie. But no one saw it." (Robert Altman)*1
This nightmare has no end. And there is no beginning. Within minutes of the movie starting, the audience notices something strange about Kathryn (Susannah York). The rain dripping on the window invites you to enter a nightmare world. Windows, mirrors and camera lenses. This room is filled with "eyes" monitoring Kathryn everywhere. The rain never stops falling. A phone that never stops ringing. Kathryn receives a mysterious phone call that her husband is cheating on her. Kathryn becomes cursed by her sight and hearing. The art, props, and sounds in the room, which are captured subliminally, make not only Kathryn but also the audience ``captive.'' Director Robert Altman continues to capture the heroine's deteriorating behavior without resorting to flashy gimmicks.
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Susannah York perfectly plays the difficult role of a heroine who is caught up in discontinuous images with her discontinuous acting. Kathryn's work on a fairy tale called ``Looking for the Unicorn'' is interrupted by a phone call. In Images(1972), the theme of "interruption" dominates not only the film but also the acting plan. In the next moment, she is immersed in a sensual kiss, and in the next moment, she directs murderous intent toward her partner, an act of "interruption." Susannah York's close-up shows a cross-section of Kathryn's disconnected emotions. Kathryn sees her double. And I am being watched by my alter ego. A story about sinister eyes. It is quite understandable to see similarities between this work and Edgar Allan Poe's `` The Tell-Tale Heart ''. An impulse and image that seems to pierce through the skin from within the body. Kathryn plays with her image and gets hurt.
``Images'' is a film that feels like a living thing, changing its appearance unpredictably like an action painting. The scenery in front of them undergoes one change after another, and jumps right into the audience's eyes. The audience experiences Kathryn's subjectivity. However, I don't get the impression that it is strangely difficult to understand. Vilmos Zsigmond's cinematography and Léon: The Professional Eriksen's production design strive for a calm detachment from the subject matter. Susanna York, who played Kathryn, won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival, where the film was premiered. However, despite Robert Altman's confidence, the film's theatrical release was short-lived.
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