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* HilariousInHindsight: The prostitute that Frances talks to in the women's room looks a bit like Music/AmyWinehouse.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: It's a pretty obscure film, but it's still better-known than the original novel by Richard Miles.[[note]]In what would become a familiar style for Creator/RobertAltman, the film is a PragmaticAdaptation that just takes the bare bones of the novel and builds a whole different story around it. [[http://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2014/04/ffb-that-cold-day-in-park-richard-miles.html In the novel]] the setting is Paris, the woman is much older, and the boy is a gay hustler[[/note]]
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* AdaptationDisplacement: It's a pretty obscure film, but it's still better-known than the original novel by Richard Miles.[[note]]In what would become a familiar style for Creator/RobertAltman, the film is a PragmaticAdaptation that just takes the bare bones of the novel and builds a whole different story around it. [[http://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2014/04/ffb-that-cold-day-in-park-richard-miles.html In the novel]] the setting is Paris, the woman is much older, and the boy is a gay hustler[[/note]]hustler.[[/note]]
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* SpiritualSuccessor: This film, along with ''Film/{{Images}}'' and ''Film/ThreeWomen'', form a loose "character study of disturbed women" trilogy in the Altman filmography.
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* [[CaliforniaDoubling Vancouver Doubling]]: Averted, since the film is set in Vancouver, but it's considered the beginning of Vancouver's status as a destination for Hollywood productions. Altman himself would later film ''Film/McCabeAndMrsMiller'' there and named his production company Lion's Gate Films, after the prominent bridge that links downtown and the North Shore.
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** The Boy also comes from a messed-up family, but his continuing to manipulate Frances via his mute act starts to seem cruel after a while.
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* [[CaliforniaDoubling Vancouver Doubling]]: Averted, since the film is set in Vancouver, but it's considered the beginning of Vancouver's status as a destination for Hollywood productions. Altman himself would later film ''Film/McCabeAndMrsMiller'' there and named his production company Lion's Gate Films, after the prominent bridge that links downtown and the North Shore.
* [[CaliforniaDoubling Vancouver Doubling]]: Averted, since the film is set in Vancouver, but it's considered the beginning of Vancouver's status as a destination for Hollywood productions. Altman himself would later film ''Film/McCabeAndMrsMiller'' there and named his production company Lion's Gate Films, after the prominent bridge that links downtown and the North Shore.
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** Frances is extremely creepy, but clearly bears some serious emotional wounds from her domineering parents.
** The Boy also comes from a messed-up family, but his continuing to manipulate Frances via his mute act starts to seem cruel after a while.
** Frances is extremely creepy, but clearly bears some serious emotional wounds from her domineering parents.
** The Boy also comes from a messed-up family, but his continuing to manipulate Frances via his mute act starts to seem cruel after a while.
