Their reverie proves only temporary as Frances acknowledges that while she remains sexually attracted to Bob, her own independence and peculiar personality prove incompatible with his own desire and expectations. The extended passages involving Plimpton and Faison, building on trust and curiosity, sensibility and feeling, underscore the movie's alternately relaxed and complicated treatment of race and class, sexual attitudes and human expression. It finds an emotional corollary in the vivid, palpable imagery, establishing a mood of anxiousness and startling human consciousness, joy and wonder, tempered by the reality of a rigorous social order. He moves through time and space with preternatural ease, drawn to setting and location, architecture and landscape. He locates the symmetries and reversals, the search for origins against a deeper plea for understanding, the shared characteristics and the similarities of their pursuits.
Munch reveals even greater ease and naturalness with actors.
Bisset is a jewel, tough, unyielding, funny and very moving. Plimpton shows heightened levels of vulnerability and toughness, resolve and determination. They all bring a more recognizably human and emotional range to a young, imposing filmmaker at the height of his craft. It is a great fit. Trademark, Copyright and Disclaimer .