a drama at it very core and anna display that genuine truth that all actor age and and sometimes and fade away . anna be a character that believe america be her safety net and her home and and it can do her no wrong but she refuse to belittle herself to do work she doesn not believe in . she be hard nosed and optimistic and stubborn and and arrogant when it come to her life and yet not afraid to let others in and yet drop them at a moment notice . anna flip flop between personality and which make this film ideal of an age star and but not idea of the view audience . anna have be praise for it star sally kirkland and and her ability to get grungy for the role and but a month into 2008 and anna do not remain a staple of film culture . it be date and dull and and formulaically chaotic . director yurek bogayevicz have a message hidden within anna about the falsehood of czechoslovakia and both politically and socially and but kirkland refuse to let them upstage her . bogayevicz be not afraid to play with the camera and to use wooden frame to allow kirkland to stand out and and he be not afraid to lessen the surround character so that when you walk away from the film and it be kirkland you remember . if it isn not obvious and this film do not sit well with me . from the opening of the first act and deep within the second and anna felt like a high school theater production . the character be non existent and there be no enlighten pre story and and there be no definition of time or place . there be sally kirkland and stubbornly say that she be well than the other actress vie for the same lifestyle that she want . randomly she encounter a friend and a young girl that have also travel a long distance to get to america for the glitz and glamour and and two of them ( within the span of 20 minute ) build a friendship that could break all wall . it be emotionally boring and unbelievable . again and randomly and we meet anna boyfriend daniel ( play by the weak robert field ) and who bring nothing to the table in term of definition or character only to boost the attention onto kirkland anna . through the course of nearly two hour and we watch a more random act couple with unnamed character intertwine together to feebly create a story that be hold together by loose thread and sally kirkland . arg and it pain me to continue to say this but anna could have be a fantastic film have bogayevicz present equal time between anna and daniel and and krystina and but instead we be force into a one side game where emotional scene speak loud than plot . be this where charlize theron find inspiration for her beauty less role in monster and or halle berry in monster ball . be sally kirkland one of the early actress discover that by let themselves go for a character oscar will shine in their direction . throughout this film i be disgust by kirkland portrayal of anna and and bogayevicz lack of excitement for anything else fluent . bogayevicz give u an anna that doesn not work hard for her part and doesn not care for others and and be generally mean spirit yet we be to feel sympathy for her . near the beginning of the film and she force what she want to do onto others and and get upset when she doesn not get her way . sure and age actress my have that appeal to them and but kirkland create a more childish character instead of a mature one . that be where anna could have improve . if this be a mature kirkland and i would have gobble it up and but this stammering childish anna be impossible to believe . while my favorite scene be near the end where anna go to watch one of her old film play ( include be absurd make out character ) and the film burn and this scene be also one of my least favorite . anna have make a phenomenal life for herself and create film and build the dream and yet when anyone else want to enter that spotlight and she get jealous and outrage . this do not make for a character i want to stand behind nor win oscar . couple with the classic 80 background synthesizer and the outrageous over the top wardrobe and and the displaced end ( where do that come from and what happen . ) anna slip far in the scope of amazing cinema . it be a show piece and an opportunity for an age star to yell at the world one more time . in this one it work and but i do not think i will be fool again . overall and i can not say that i be impressed with this film . anna be not a film about an aging film star while it be about sally kirkland and and only sally kirkland . bogayevicz try to do more with the story and but fail either because kirkland will not allow him or he just realize that there isn not enough to support a full story . there be one or two decent scene in this film and but nothing that promote this film a innovative or influential . bogayevicz do not create a character that audience would believe and tear up for and or dedicate a sunday afternoon with he create an annoyance . kirkland wasn not anna and she be an actress playing her a bit overdone and crusty on the side . perhaps i miss the scope of this film and but what make film like this work be the cooperation of everyone involve . that wasn not the case here . in anna and kirkland order daniel to act like a dog ( apparently a a symbolic act ) and yet during the entire emotional scene and i couldn not help but think that be what kirkland be like to those on the set . she do not make this into a film and she transform it into her own production and and because of it anna fail . i can not suggest this to anyone from one czech to another skip it . grade represent ½ out of ( for that pesky theater scene that creep me out ) .