I've got a theory that movies that are endlessly cut and recut have a basic story flaw. That's my take on this one where Jonathan Demme was famously sacked by Goldie Hawn.
It's got a great idea - women working in World War Two. Solid feminism - women working for the first time, being liberated financially and sexually.
But it's dragged down by being so fair and nice. Ed Harris is nice. Hawn's life before the war is quite pleasant. He joins up.
Kurt Russell wants Goldie. He asks her out a bunch of times which makes him an arsehole. I didn't like him and I didn't like her. Then he shags Christine Lahti and I didn't like them.
The problems are so easy to be fixed. Just make Hawn's husband horrible. Have her be liberated by the war. Discover the joys of decent sex, money, working. Priave Benjamin did it better.
The movie also is annoyingly expensive- huge sets, factories, ballrooms, extras. Not needed.
It's fun to see people like Holly Hunter, Roger Corman, Stephen Tobolowsy. But the film doesn't work. It's not enjoyable.
The film was heavily rewritten and changed from what Demme intended - see here.
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