I agree with the other posters. I directed the Australian premiere of this play back in 1983, and just LOVED it and all of Christopher Durang's works (I also directed 'Dentity Crisis). So when I saw that one of my favourite directors of all time, Robert Altman, was making the film version, AND it had people like Glenda Jackson, Julie Hagerty, Tom Conti etc in it, I was agog with anticipation. It was probably my biggest disappointment in the cinema.
What is it about Altman that he seems to make a real turkey about once or twice a decade, in between all the wonderful films he makes?
What I can't understand is how Christopher Durang allowed his name to be credited as screenplay writer, when it's a travesty of his play. Especially what was done to the two psychiatrist characters..
And why set such a New York story in Paris/
And why ... and why .... oh forget it.
What is it about Altman that he seems to make a real turkey about once or twice a decade, in between all the wonderful films he makes?
What I can't understand is how Christopher Durang allowed his name to be credited as screenplay writer, when it's a travesty of his play. Especially what was done to the two psychiatrist characters..
And why set such a New York story in Paris/
And why ... and why .... oh forget it.