new york and 1953. one hot night and four famous iconic figure will come together . the professor ( albert einstein ) have come to ny to give a speech and which he have and the senator ( joesph maccarthy ) on his back . later that night his get a surprise visitor while a famous actress ( marilyn monroe ) . who actually want to discuss the theory of relativity . soon her ball playing husband ( joe dimaggio ) turn up at the hotel room and beg to work thing out for their crumbling relationship . flashback of childhood and important event and perceive consequence of their action creep in to show how these individual cope with despair and a hidden fear wait to break out . now that one of a kind . adapt off a stage play by terry johnson ( who would also script the screenplay for the film ) and insignificance be an odd and quirky and seductive and downright curious fictional pop culture gimmick in the hand of director nicolas roeg . this inspired and cerebral experimental effort might be root in it stage play origin and because it do feel theatrical and most of the action occur in a hotel backdrop and one main suite . the cramp look only enhance the moody and smoky atmosphere of new york to great effect . however these limitation can not contain the fruitful and dare idea that roeg manages to randomly storm up visually and through the meaningful material . the way he reflect on the character ( who be suggestively famous figure and without the need of naming of them ) philosophical journey and interpretation of their notion be stimulate in a spiritual sense and with the memory gel into the present and vision show their fear of realisation and which depend on what youre seeing be either beautiful and or hauntingly implement . there plenty of food for thought and hint within the verbosely innovative ( if sometimes awkward ) script and with the main focus concern the present situation and but the flashback give u the personal make up ( sex and power and enlightenment and glory ) of what make them who they be and how much of a burden it can be in there already demand life . sure the story might not lead to anything by the end and and it can feel disjointed and but the dreamy vibe and intelligent arrangement iron out those fold and make sure it never turn giddy . peter hannan sensually fluid photography and stanley myers titillatingly ooze blue soundtrack fit in snugly with roeg stylistically subdue and establish style of direct . he make it look like he work with something big and large scale and but otherwise that not the case and a small little universe be create . the vintage costume and location of the period all come off fittingly enough . what make the film for me have to be the impressive act it boast from the main four . theresa russell perky and drop dead gorgeous appeal of the sexy pin up actress be a grow portrayal that definitely hold the film together along with an genuinely excellent and endear performance by michael emil a the professor . tony curtis marvellously play it up a witch hunt senator and gary busey be suitably good in the stoically gravel manner a the ballplayer . show up in minor and but amuse support role happen to be will sampson and patrick kilpatrick . a memorably striking and fresh and tour de force meditation piece of metaphysics link together by four different extreme . some might find it pretentiously estrange and too talky and but this one have me wrap up in it own little unique world to worry too much about it shortcoming .