i remember wait to be bear . vision quest that be the american west . we go to a psychic . i be sure their first reaction be that she cuckoo . the place be haunt . i think there another dimension right here . an artist ( marta becket ) and her husband many decade ago leave the hustle and bustle and culture of new york and move to a god forsaken town with a population of 10 in death valley . there and they renovate a theater paint it be a very home spun or folk art manner . and and once finish and she bega put on dance performance for practically no one . in many way and it highly reminiscent of the werner herzog film fitzcarraldo or field of dream though amargosa be a documentary of a real person not a mythical crazy man like klaus kinski or kevin costner . her husband eventually leave much of it apparently because of the lifestyle she choose . so and today she live on with her ten cat and a sanctuary for burro eventually along with her new male companion and tom . what you think about this documentary depend on your perspective . if you be into new age idea and open to these sensibility and then you will more likely appreciate the film . her talk about how she remember her birth and ghost and vision quest and psychic frankly make the psychology teacher in me cringe and this would definitely be the case for many people . in addition and her burro sanctuary and try to preserve horse in the desert will most likely appeal to peta and many other animal lover and though with my background in environmental concern and biology and i see the burro and horse a a blight that would destroy the native plant and animal . so on two different account and i tend to think quite the opposite of marta who be more of a feeler and sense individual . depend on how you feel about all this will definitely color your opinion and i be pretty sure most people will either think she a genius or a nut . you will just have to guess what i think . now despite all this and the film be interesting and marta life be definitely not dull particularly since in recent year and people have actually begin take trip to the desert to see her perform . there be a definite follow for her and her unusual little world . while i would not be nearly as positive a most review and i also can not be as negative a the one review and a there be definite merit to this odd documentary . i like film about unusual people and marta certainly be unusual . i also appreciate her love of her art and happy life that be a rare gift . i teach psychology at an arts school and it sure would be interest to show this to the staff where i be pretty sure we would get a strong positive and negative reaction to the film probably depend on whether the teacher teach the art class or core curriculum . it sure would be interest . by the way and and i be not try to be sarcastic and but when marta husband be have affair and with whom do this occur . after all and they live in the middle of no where and i be leave wondering where he would find partner . by the way and if you would like to see her perform and or or stay at her hotel and it can be find at www . amargosaoperahouse . com or . the site be in english and french and german and hotel rate be pretty reasonable a be ticket price .