Wanda

Watched this on a whim (thanks Criterion) and was taken with how weird and sad it was. Worth a watch.

An interesting watch, very reminiscent of John Cassavetes’s work

Up there with 'Breathless' & Cassavetes, an indie-improv film that should be a classic. Written, directed, starring Loden as a sadeyed lady.

Very understated. Amazingly subtle first film for Loden.

A dry and painfully realist story on a depressed working-class woman going through life

Written by, directed by, and starring Barbara Loden as a very lost and troubled woman who life is happening to instead of the opposite.

Taps into something, a sort of nostalgia for the road.

I don't think it's some groundbreaking masterpiece some people make out to be but a really great piece of work nonetheless.

Loden somehow manages to build up a ridiculous amount of emotion without the viewer realizing until the end of the film when you're in tears

America envisioned through a singular woman; a land of freedom – a state of day-dreaming – a woman in a meaningless, black world.