Fool for Love

Fool for Love

1985. USA. Directed by Robert Altman. Screenplay by Sam Shepard, from his play. With Shepard, Kim Basinger, Harry Dean Stanton, Randy Quaid. In a rundown desert motel in the American West, themes of incest and child abuse are touched upon when a cowboy (Shepard) attempts to reunite with a woman he claims is his sister. The visual elements of the film’s numerous flashbacks, executed with ceaselessly fluid camera movements across its sets and the surrounding landscape, become as meaningful an experience as the scripted narrative. 106 min.