Direction
Rudolph's debut is formally audacious for a micro-budget 1972 flick.
Editing
Disorienting temporal jumps that mimic genuine nightmare structure.
Director
Alan Rudolph
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Alan Rudolph's first feature before becoming Robert Altman's protégé and directing Choose Me and Mrs. Parker.
The film was essentially lost for decades until a 2018 restoration—explaining its obscurity despite predating the entire premonition-horror subgenre by 25+ years.
US
