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A Safe Place

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A childlike woman (Tuesday Weld) lives in a Manhattan dream world where the past, present and future mix.

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Chris Mohr Spare Rib 09/20/2021
Deliberately severing connections which might explain too much, the film's only structure is a rhythmic, nervous alternation between past and present, memory and reality, fantasy and experience, hope and fear. Go to Full Review
Dick Lochte Los Angeles Free Press 01/04/2020
The fact of the matter is that [Henry] Jaglom has come up with a minor classic of sorts, but not one that can be appreciated effortlessly. Go to Full Review
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Laurence B 08/14/2024 The film is entirely confusing. I listened to the director's commentary and it was pretty clear that even he doesn't know how his images connect. It is pretentious and created by a director who thought structuring a film around his own emotions instead of a narrative would be a swell idea. See more Tic Toc M 09/03/2023 A really annoying film, typical of the late 60s-very early 70s era but not in any way the cream of the crop. There is, however, a fantastic scene where Tuesday Weld is getting a "booty call" from an old lover (played by Jack Nicholson).....unfortunately her live-in boyfriend is there. The whole scene is one long take, probably improvised. Nicholson is outstanding in this scene. He's only in the movie a little bit (and sporadically), but he's great. He would be in a much, much greater film treading similar ground later in '71 with the masterpiece "Carnal Knowledge". Orson Welles plays a memory of a Central Park magician, intercut throughout, probably a day's work. I'd say he probably didn't even break a sweat, but in some shots he looks like he's sweating a lot, so.....lol. Tuesday Weld is great as a flighty flower child.....but the character is really cloying. Definitely some beautiful photography, and lots of irritating editing! View only for anthropological and historical purposes, definitely not for pleasure! See more 11/16/2016 It doesn't work most of the time and meanders when it should be gripping, but it has its moments. See more 09/01/2015 I have no doubt that there is an audience for this sort of film, however I am not part of this audience. I was bored to tears (the tears erupting by consistent yawning). Tuesday Weld was the only reason to keep the disc spinning even though the words she was saying could have been untranslated Russian. Speaking of Russian, Orson Welles' accent is painful. This is the low point of the boxed set. See more 08/20/2014 So, what was all that about? See more 05/16/2014 This movie just could not draw me in. It was disjointed, confusing, and honestly just boring. I'm sure there was something they wanted to get across, but they failed. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A childlike woman (Tuesday Weld) lives in a Manhattan dream world where the past, present and future mix.
Director
Henry Jaglom
Screenwriter
Henry Jaglom
Production Co
BBS Productions, The Rainbow Film Company, Columbia Pictures
Rating
PG
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 29, 1971, Limited
Runtime
1h 34m