Play It As It Lays
in person
Sun Apr 06, 7:30 pm at Aero Theater
Part of
4K
18+ ONLY
FREE SCREENING
Also showing
LA Premiere of New 4K Restoration, introduced by Ed Wood co-writer Larry Karaszewski


Not Queer but Queer
Play it as it Lays
Frank Perry
1972
99 min
United States
English
Movie Summary: Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.
Queer Film LA Says: Anthony Perkins co-stars as a depressed gay best friend in this Joan Didion adaptation. Perkins led a fascinating life before his death from AIDS--from Tab Hunter boyfriend, to playing Norman Bates in Pyscho, to Sondheim muse--and this film is one of few gay roles he played.