...as I recall, this one was recommended as a cult classic by John Waters, the co-king of cult movies; he is only matched by Andy Warhol, who produced all those movies with Paul Morrissey; Wanda (written, directed, starring Barbara Loden) shows a couple days in the true story of a life of a lazy, un-motivated mother, who finds trouble, and is just glad to be included in the conversation. It starts out with the husband divorcing her, then sinks down from there... I should have known how it was going to go when there was more writing in the DVD liner notes than in the actual script itself. L-O-N-G pauses in the script, and Wanda hooks up with Norman (Michael Higgins, who had been in TV and film for 20 years already)who is robbing a bar, and she goes along for the ride. He's about 50, treats her like crap, and sure doesn't look like the usual young crook. Reading the liner notes, the story ends a little differently than it did in real life, but c'est la vie! Not a lot going on, but extra credit for being the cult classic that it is! Too bad Barbara Loden died so young;she might have gone on to do more - she was married to Elia Kazan (Streetcar Named Desire, East of Eden, America America) and was in the process of divorce when she died of cancer.
