The Lana Del Rey ‘Ride’ vibez are strong with this one. So L.A, so Vegas, so Lana aesthetic. Petition to get this remade with Lana in her big screen debut.
Cinemas
Directed by Frank Perry
Play It as It Lays
A bleak, atmospheric drama.
Drama
1972
1h 39m
3.5(3.4k)via LetterboxdTuesday Weld + 4 more
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.
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6What people say
happy to announce that from now on my entire personality will be loving this movie
Once upon a time in Hollywood I guess.
Common questions
What is Play It as It Lays about?+
A despondent actress experiences a psychic breakdown while navigating the empty, hedonistic landscape of Hollywood in the early 1970s.
Who directed Play It as It Lays?+
Frank Perry directed this 1972 drama based on the novel by American author Joan Didion.
