An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.
Acting
Garner's cracked charm barely holding the chaos together.
Cinematography
Manhattan as liminal purgatory—gorgeous and hollow.
Costume
Four women, four wardrobes, zero actual personalities.
Director
Delbert Mann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film flopped so hard it basically ended Delbert Mann's prestige drama career—he pivoted to TV movies within years.
This is what Hollywood thought 'arty' looked like in 1966: fog machines, jazz flute, and women as symbolic puzzle pieces. The novel was actually darker—Buddwing was suicidal, not just confused.
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