In this eerie, existential western directed by Monte Hellman and written by Carole Eastman (Five Easy Pieces), a bounty hunter and his sidekick are talked by a mysterious woman (Perkins) into leading her into the desert on a murkily motivated revenge mission. Things are further complicated by the addition to their crew of an enigmatic drifter (Nicholson) who seems to delight in sadistically toying with the two men. Hellman’s singular odyssey is a vision of the weird old west unlike any other. – Janus Films Brattle Debut 

Double Feature with RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND