Essential Cinema: Natalie Wood: It's in the Eyes

BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE

Directed by Paul Mazursky

USA, 1969, 1h 45min, DCP

Essential Cinema  Natalie Wood: It's in the Eyes

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“Comical throughout”
The New Yorker

“A film about people pawing at the idea of sexual liberation”
Sundance Now

The permissive mores of the late ’60s opened up new horizons for movie comedies, and this is one of the best. When a couple (Robert Culp and Natalie Wood) engage in separate indiscretions, they come to rationalize the acts as a part of the new morality. Later, they decide to involve another couple (Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon) in a sexual foursome. This was a massive box office hit and a cultural touchstone. It was also the last lead role played by Natalie Wood for nearly ten years as she entered a period of semi-retirement to raise a family.

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