Petulia

At the center there is George C. Scott as a recently divorced doctor and the quirky Petulia, played by Julie Christie at her lovliest. British director, Richard Lester, takes a look from the outside in of what he sees to be the decaying American culture of the late 1960's which is becoming fashionable, yet sterile. Lester's film feels like a Nicolas Roeg film, I suppose that could be because Roeg supplied his particular brand of visual pizzaz as cinematographer. The film is supplied with ample flashback's and the kind of choppy editing that was fashionable at the time. Many find it to be terribly cynical and depressing, while I remained uneffected by this technically impressive, though cold film.