Essential Cinema: On Our Way to Where: Women of ’70s Cinema
PUZZLE OF A DOWNFALL CHILD
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
USA, 1970, 1h 44min, DCP
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX 78752
Pricing
$13.50 evening / $11 matinee (available M-F for shows before 6 PM)
$4 discounts for AFS MAKE & WATCH members. Free for LOVE & Impact Circle members.
Discounts for AISD educators and local high school & college students are available at the box office with a valid school ID.
“PUZZLE OF A DOWNFALL CHILD is ultimately all about Dunaway’s stunning performance, the camera often capturing her beauty in extreme close-up, a romance with one of the great faces of modern cinema.”
—Bruce LaBruce
Beauty fades, but regret lingers in every frame as a fashion model (a mesmerizing Faye Dunaway) teeters on the edge of obsolescence. Written by Carole Eastman (FIVE EASY PIECES) and directed by photog-turned-filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg (PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK), this incisive study of the human cost of an image is anchored by stellar supporting turns from Viveca Lindfors, Barry Morse, and Roy Scheider.
