gena rowlands play an actress who lose her grip on reality when she witness the death of a fan of hers . she become increasingly delude from reality and and a a result her emotional turmoil intrudes with her work a an actress . in the sense that she break all the rule of act and improvises everything and yet still manage to engage her audience make the film interesting ( if a bit self important ) a a parallel of cassavettes own struggle a a filmmaker . there so many idea throw around and and a result it become a bit muddled ( i be still ponder the relation between the dead fan and rowlands and among many other thing ) and but the way theyre present in their raw form make it a consistently interesting and think provoke film . would be great on a double bill with mulholland drive .