Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk radio relationship counselor, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.
Writing
Shaggy-dog poetry that shouldn't work but absolutely does
Cinematography
Los Angeles as a dream you're half-remembering
Acting
Bujold's whole performance is a shrug that breaks your heart
Director
Alan Rudolph
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rudolph made this for $2 million after Robert Altman mentored him through the indie 80s. It's basically a student film with incredible actors.
Keith Carradine improvised most of Mickey's tall tales. The writers just let him lie to everyone for two hours and called it a script.
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