{"id":86974,"date":"2022-09-08T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T18:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86974"},"modified":"2022-11-25T12:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T19:14:55","slug":"petulia-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86974","title":{"rendered":"Petulia (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to save you, Archie &#8212; you&#8217;re a very, very special man.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Poster-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-86975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Poster-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Poster-176x270.png 176w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Poster.png 617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA socialite (Julie Christie) unhappily married to the son (Richard Chamberlain) of a wealthy businessman (Joseph Cotten) propositions and begins dating a surgeon (George C. Scott) whose former wife (Shirley Knight) is now dating another man (Roger Bowen), but doesn&#8217;t quite understand why they divorced.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Domestic Abuse<\/li>\n<li>George C. Scott Films<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Cotten Films<\/li>\n<li>Julie Christie Films <\/li>\n<li>Marital Problems<\/li>\n<li>Richard Chamberlain Films<\/li>\n<li>Richard Lester Films<\/li>\n<li>Shirley Knight Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary asserts that director &#8220;Richard Lester&#8217;s shattering vision of America in the late sixties&#8221; &#8212; based on a novel by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Haase_(author)\">John Haase<\/a> and a short story by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbara_Turner_(screenwriter)\">Barbara Turner<\/a> &#8212; &#8220;is a brilliant, expertly acted film, so rich in character and visual and aural detail that it takes several viewings to absorb it all.&#8221; He points out that &#8220;on one level, it is a wildly comical essay on a country gone haywire; but at heart it is a tragic look at the individuals who must fight a (losing) battle for survival in a zany world.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tuba.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tuba-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tuba-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tuba-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tuba-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tuba-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tuba-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tuba.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He elaborates on his analysis in both <em>GFTFF<\/em> and his <em>Cult Movies<\/em> book, noting that &#8220;the great American tragedy is that a country founded by a resourceful, enterprising, responsible people of high values and ideals&#8221; (well&#8230; for a select few) &#8220;has become so utterly wasteful of money, time, human life (Vietnam is ignored by a desensitized nation), and human potential,&#8221; with &#8220;America&#8217;s institutions &#8212; the army, hospitals, prisons &#8212; &#8230; as impotent as David [Chamberlain] is in bed.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Chamberlain.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Chamberlain-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Chamberlain-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Chamberlain-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Chamberlain-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Chamberlain-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Chamberlain-478x270.png 478w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Chamberlain.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He points out that &#8220;even marriage is a casualty of the modern age: <em>boredom<\/em> is an adequate reason for a man to leave his wife; a battered wife is no longer required to stay with her husband&#8221; &#8212; and with &#8220;America&#8230; spinning too fast, there is no solid footing&#8221; yet &#8220;there stands Petulia, symbol of the shaky times: mini-skirted, on wobbly legs,&#8221; with a &#8220;stoical&#8221; face &#8220;but her eyes indicate she has lost something irretrievable and sees a road downhill to oblivion.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie8-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie8-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie8-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie8-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie8-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie8-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie8.png 1299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary&#8217;s analysis is a fascinating one, but presumes one will read quite a bit of depth into this array of messed up protagonists. My own take is a little different: from the film&#8217;s opening sequence at a fundraising gala &#8212; interspersed (as is the rest of the movie, with cryptic flashbacks and flashforwards) &#8212; we can tell that this is a (high) society trying desperately to &#8220;have fun&#8221; and stay lighthearted, all while floating semi-ridiculous hairdos and automated systems that appear to be from a different era altogether. (Indeed, I wondered at first if this movie takes place in a dystopian sci-fi future, though that doesn&#8217;t appear to be the case.) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tunnel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tunnel-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tunnel-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tunnel-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tunnel-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tunnel-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tunnel-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tunnel-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Tunnel.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christie&#8217;s &#8220;Petulia&#8221; is an obnoxiously flitting female, someone it takes a while to warm to given her push-and-pull tendencies. Once we learn more about the truth of her marital situation, we begin to have some measure of compassion &#8212; though the storyline is ultimately too oblique to allow for deep empathy, and we end up focusing more on the inevitable role played by Big Money and those in power, who will do whatever it takes to maintain a desired fa\u00e7ade.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Cotten2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Cotten2-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Cotten2-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Cotten2-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Cotten2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Cotten2-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Cotten2-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Cotten2.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary points out that the &#8220;picture has many great scenes,&#8221; with &#8220;perhaps the most memorable [being] Archie&#8217;s argument with ex-wife Polo (Shirley Knight)&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Violence3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Violence3-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Violence3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Violence3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Violence3-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Violence3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Violence3-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Violence3.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and he notes that the movie is &#8220;technically interesting,&#8221; with a &#8220;fragmentary filmmaking&#8221; style that &#8220;is characteristic of both Lester and cinematographer Nicolas Roeg, who would soon be a director himself.&#8221; While this quirky film won&#8217;t resonate with all viewers (it&#8217;s not a personal favorite), it should be seen at least once to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Watch for a brief singing cameo by Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company at the film&#8217;s opening party sequence. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Joplin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Joplin-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Joplin-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Joplin-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Joplin-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Joplin-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Joplin-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Joplin.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Julie Christie as Petulia (nominated as one of the Best Actresses of the Year in <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie5-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie5-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie5-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie5-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie5-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie5-487x270.png 487w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie5-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Christie5.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>George C. Scott as Archie (nominated as one of the Best Actors of the Year in <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Surgeon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Surgeon-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Surgeon-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Surgeon-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Surgeon-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Surgeon-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Surgeon-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Surgeon.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Expert supporting performances<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Knight.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Knight-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Knight-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Knight-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Knight-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Knight-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Knight-487x270.png 487w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Knight-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Knight.png 1307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nicolas Roeg&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Still-Curtains.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Still-Curtains-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-86990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Still-Curtains-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Still-Curtains-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Still-Curtains-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Still-Curtains-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Still-Curtains-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Still-Curtains.png 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fine use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0063426\/locations?ref_=tt_dt_loc\">location shooting across the Bay Area<\/a> and beyond<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Alcatraz.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Alcatraz-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Alcatraz-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Alcatraz-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Alcatraz-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Alcatraz-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Alcatraz-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Petulia-Alcatraz.png 1301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a cult favorite. Nominated as one of the Best Films of the Year in <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0063426\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/07\/04\/movies\/04dvd.html\">Dave Kehr&#8217;s NY Times Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/petulia-1\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2436&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review (spoiler review at the very end)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/24759\/petulia#articles-reviews?articleId=333785\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to save you, Archie &#8212; you&#8217;re a very, very special man.&#8221; Synopsis: A socialite (Julie Christie) unhappily married to the son (Richard Chamberlain) of a wealthy businessman (Joseph Cotten) propositions and begins dating a surgeon (George C. Scott) whose former wife (Shirley Knight) is now dating another man (Roger Bowen), but doesn&#8217;t quite understand why they divorced. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Domestic Abuse George C. Scott Films Joseph Cotten Films Julie Christie Films Marital Problems Richard Chamberlain&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86974\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86974"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88452,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86974\/revisions\/88452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}