Mary Kay Place has a dilemma of needing to mother a child but doesn't want the burden of husband. Meg Tilly as the four month girlfriend of Alex. No one's life has become what they expected of their lives. They all have become muted. William Hurts character's loss of sexual function in Vietnam is clearly a metaphor for all the other's character impotence in life.
Compromise leads to disillusionment and impotence.
The simple but elegant cinematography of this movie makes this a subtle visual treat. A nice anamporphic transfer is does it justice. This is a story that has been around for ages and I and many other people would have loved to have seen some of this footage. I can't imagine why they didn't include it.