Sissy Spacek, Shelley Duvall and another woman I hadn't recognized are the three women in Robert Altman's film interpretations of some dreams he had. This is notable when considering that Altman was insistent that he make the film without a screenplay and without a definite ending in mind, instead using a 50 page treatment as supplementation. Spacek plays Pinky, an awkward teenager who's first job is at a day spa in California. She grows attached to one of the spa attendants, and the two become roommates. They pass the time at a bar owned by an odd pregnant woman and her has-been country artist husband. The girls that played the twins were not professional actors. Altman cast them after spotting them as waitresses in California.
Altman intended the film to be a nod to Ingmar Bergman's Persona, but when watching the film one draws connections to Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore due to the cinematography and nature of the characters.
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