Images (1972)
Images (1972)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Susannah York
Cathryn
René Auberjonois
Hugh
Marcel Bozzuffi
Rene
Hugh Millais
Marcel
Cathryn Harrison
Susannah
John Morley
Old Man
Barbara Baxley
Voice on Telephone
Robert Altman
Director
Tommy Thompson
Producer
Rodney Holland
Sound Editor
John Williams
Composer
Stomu Yamashta
Sound Designer / Musician
Jack Conroy
Gaffer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Cinematographer
Graeme Clifford
Editor
Seamus Byrne
Assistant Director
Leon Ericksen
ProductionDesigner
Al Locatelli
Associate Producer
Arthur Dunne
Transportation Captain
Gerry Johnston
Special Effects
David Spiers
Assistant Editor
Toni Delaney
Makeup Artist
Barry Richardson
Hairstylist
Jerry F. Johnson
Special Effects
Noel Quinn
Boom Operator
Earl Clark
Assistant Camera
Doug E. Turner
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sheila Collins
Production Manager
Liam Saurin
Sound Recordist
Paddy Keogh
Grip
Nico Vermuelen
Assistant Camera
Jack Gallagher
Wardrobe Designer
Robin Buick
Assistant Editor
Michael Kelliher
Assistant Editor
Joan Bennett
Continuity
John Collingwood
Production Accountant
Jean D'Oncieu
Producer's Assistant
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 18, 1972
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Content RatingR
Genres
Wiki.
Images is a 1972 psychological horror film written and directed by Robert Altman and starring Susannah York, René Auberjonois and Marcel Bozzuffi. The picture follows an unstable children's author who finds herself engulfed in apparitions and hallucinations while staying at her remote vacation home.
Conceived by Altman in the mid-1960s, Images secured financing in 1971 by Hemdale Film Group Ltd., and shot on location in County Wicklow, Ireland in the fall of that year. The script, which had been sparsely composed by Altman, was collaboratively developed further throughout the shoot with the actors. Images premiered at the 25th Cannes Film Festival, where York won the award for Best Actress, after which it was released theatrically in the United States by Columbia Pictures on December 18, 1972. Its theatrical run in the United States was short-lived, and the film received little promotion from Hemdale in the United Kingdom.
Critical reception of the film was mixed, with some critics praising York's performance and Vilmos Zsigmond's cinematography, while others faulted it for being incoherent, comparing it to films like Repulsion (1965). The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film, and John Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. The film has gained a great deal of stature in the nearly 50 years since it was released, partly because it has been more accessible to viewers and critics than it was on first release, and partly because it stands out in Robert Altman's filmography as the only horror movie directed by him.