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Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Blistering performances.

'Images' ranks at the very top of the films about (female) madness along with Ingmar Bergman's 'Persona' and Roman Polanski's 'Repulsion'. Perhaps inferior to 'Persona' in most aspects, Altman's 'Images' is still hauntingly interesting film with amazingly dedicated performance from lead actress Susannah York who is nearly in every scene of the movie. The haunting and eerie score by John Williams complimented with percussion sounds by Stomu Yamashta over magnificent cinematography by visionary Vilmos Zsigmond alone is the reason to watch the film because it is fantastic visual treat.The film follows children's author Cathryn who receives disturbing phone call that suggests that her husband is having an affair. After that, Cathryn tries to cope with her own sins and inner demons until she loses the boundaries between reality and imagination. The film has eerie surreal atmosphere so the story and events are confusing so it is easy to loose track as a viewer as much as the protagonist is confused. Although the film feels like some twisted meditation, the story line is actually coherent and seemingly out of place details fall into right place by the end.Visually magnificent film with powerful and layered performance by Susannah York. 'Images' is recommended for the fans of psychological horror and thriller. Definitely much more than just an art house horror experiment.

I happened to be in Paris when this was released and saw it there in a brand new arts cinema, the likes of which I had hitherto never experienced. The film too was something of a surprise but I remember wallowing in the experience and being stunned both by the wonderful Irish landscape scenes and the vigorous and varied performance from Susannah York. It is one of those films from the late 60s/early 70s I've been a bit loathe to watch again in case they do not measure up to the image I have in mind. No worries here, some may not be happy with the reality of the 'unreal' scenes but it still looks good, York's performance is even better than I remember and if the story isn't quite as convincing as Repulsion, it is a very good watch indeed. So, if you are interested in what Altman did between McCabe & Mrs Miller and The Long Goodbye, this is it. What a fine trio of films.

It is understandable that Images will be seen as a horror film about a woman who is not fully in touch with reality. However I believe there is a deeper meaning to this film. Robert Altman, who wrote and directed Images, shows what can happen when someone betrays another person sexually but cannot face that reality.Cathryn (Susannah York) is married to Hugh (Rene Auberjonois), a man very interested in hunting quail but not at all interested in making love with his wife. Cathryn finds love and sexual pleasure with other men.But over time this causes in her an unbearable torment.But she does not tell Hugh. Instead she divides her soul into two separate worlds: the wife of Hugh in an asexual marriage and the lover of other men with whom she loves to be treated as a slut and with whom she has intense sex. But Cathryn is unable to keep the two worlds from spilling into each other. The results are violent and tragic.Putting a psychiatric label on Cathryn and calling this a horror film actually obscures the deep meaning of the film.Instead Altman gives us poetry. And he does it brilliantly.

Robert Altman wrote and directed--and misfired--with this psychological thriller about a wealthy female schizophrenic. Susannah York, an interesting actress (though not so interesting as to make this artistic jumble take hold), plays the future author of a children's book about unicorns who is upset one night by repeat calls informing her that her husband is having an affair; she begins imaging other lovers in her husband's place, splintering herself off from reality. Gorgeous cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond, working the wintry landscapes of Dublin, Ireland with a painter's finesse, adorns the picture with prestige; however, enlightenment into our heroine does not follow. This is a rich person's prism, a slick fantasy of ghosts and musical chairs, the kind of which only seem to affect the well-heeled and bored. With two homes to vacillate between (and no pressing engagements), York's character begins to seem stultified rather than schizophrenic, and the scenario is underpopulated and lax. John Williams received an Oscar nomination for his percussive score, but nerves can hardly be jangled when the script is stuck in such a plushy muddle. ** from ****