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Insignificance


            Sgt. Jack Falen (Dennis Hopper) prepares to escort the body of a friend across country for a military funeral. As Jack boards the train, he hears a radio broadcast of President Nixon announcing that America has signed a peace treaty with North Vietnam. At the beginning of his journey, Jack meets Mark (Dean Stockwell). They flirt with a female passenger (Barbara Flood). The woman is attracted to Jack, but he leaves her side to listen to Gene (Zack Norman), a balding land salesman who is arguing baseball with another passenger.Jack then walks away mid-conversation to sit with Emile (Michael Emil), an aging intellectual, who explains yoga positions. Jack spends the day talking with Gene, Emile, and Mark about vegetarianism, chess, and the dangers of smoking, but he cannot sit still and consistently interrupts conversations to leave. However, he relaxes in his sleeping car, listening to music from WWII and smoking a marijuana cigarette. In Vietnam, Jack and his friend would take drugs and watch the tracer bullets fly overhead, but one day a tracer round killed his buddy. Jack insists there will be a band and a parade waiting for the funeral.When Mark invites Jack to the dining car to meet two college girls named Stephanie (Taryn Power) and Chloe (Topo Swope) , Jack changes out of his uniform, and joins them, but he is too anxious to stay at the table, and Stephanie joins him at the bar. Although Jack invites her to his room, Stephanie goes back to the table and Jack leaves. However, Stephanie later goes to Jack's berth and they embrace, but Jack's aggressiveness scares her away.The next morning, Jack apologizes to Stephanie and later reconnects with the lady he flirted with the previous day. She invites him to her cabin and they make love. That evening, Jack dines with Stephanie and Chloe, and when he excuses himself to check on his friend's coffin, Chloe interrogates Stephanie about her feelings for Jack. Later, Jack plays poker with a Korean War veteran who tells him to stop feeling sorry for himself, but as the man talks, Jack hallucinates that Stephanie is being raped by fellow passengers. Jack returns to his quarters and listens to his radio.The next day, Jack flirts with Stephanie and talks with Mark, confessing that he joined the army to escape poverty. Jack hallucinates that he is hunting a military policeman with a pistol throughout the train. Jack rushes to a bathroom, strips off his uniform, and runs naked back to his car. As Jack dresses in his civilian clothes, Mark bursts inside and explains that he is a revolutionary. Mark claims he is being pursued and begs Jack to hide him, but Jack throws him out, raving that Mark is the reason his friend is dead. Jack then hallucinates that Gene, Emile, and the rest of the male passengers chase Mark off the train and beat him. That night, Jack imagines going into a passageway where Mark, wearing an army uniform, approaches. He curls up into a ball and silently screams.The next morning, Stephanie decides to stay on the train with Jack despite Chloe's objections. Stephanie tells her friend that Jack has had a miserable life and she wants to give him one nice experience. Meanwhile, Jack imagines sitting next to an old lady who tells him everything will be fine. A group of train stewards appear, pick up the old woman, and drag her away. When a steward threatens Jack, an old man tells him that he is in great danger.Later, Jack hallucinates that he and Stephanie leave the train and make love in a grassy field. He breaks down, crying that he could not help Mark. The emotion provokes a second hallucination, where Mark morphs into Stephanie, wearing an army dress uniform. Jack keeps making love to Stephanie, but she becomes frightened and pushes him off to run away. The hallucinations end and Jack finds himself sitting alone on the train, sobbing.Upon arriving at his destination, Jack is met by two undertakers instead of a parade. Jack is confused, declaring that his friend was a hero and there should be a crowd to welcome him. The undertakers apologize and inform him of the funeral location and time. Jack wanders around town, ending up in an empty schoolroom, where he hallucinates that he goes home and plays with toy soldiers.At the cemetery, Jack is incensed there are no mourners. He asks to be left alone at the grave site, and has a breakdown. In his mind's eye, he leaps into the grave, opens the coffin, finds his battle gear, and runs across the cemetery to engage in battle.
    

Tracks


            On a Wednesday in New York City, Sidney Becker (Zack Norman) persuades a bookkeeper named Simon (Michael Emil) to help embezzle money from Simon's company, a gambling syndicate. At his office, Simon tells various collectors to take the day off, as the district attorney's office staff will be out investigating the following day, but they will not be able to make arrests. They are to resume collections one day later than usual to avoid suspicion.The next day, Sidney steals the money as planned. In a parking garage, the men divide the cash into ninety-six packets, wrapped in tinfoil and hidden in their limousine's car tires. As they leave town, Simon pretends to be a chauffeur, and Sidney informs Simon that their plane to Costa Rica is delayed until Monday. Simon panics and thinks that they will get caught, but Sidney is giddy from committing the crime.At a gas station, Simon announces he is tired of driving, and switches places with Sidney. To Simon's dismay, Sidney pays Moose (Richard Romanus), an aspiring songwriter, to be the chauffeur. Simon thinks it is crazy to involve a third person in their crime. After arguing, Sidney agrees to pay the chauffeur with his share of the money. Simon warns Sidney to keep his mouth shut.The men check into a Holiday Inn, where Sidney and Simon join Moose, jamming on his guitar by the pool. Another guest named Jenny (Patrice Townsend) shows Simon some yoga positions. Later, Jenny and "the bad guy," (Henry Jaglom) her traveling companion, join the men for dinner. When Sidney asks about the nature of Jenny's relationship, she explains her partner is just "a friend." As Jenny and Sidney flirt, the bad guy abruptly leaves. Sidney later finds Jenny in the bar, where the bad guy has left her stranded without money to pay for the room. Sidney brags that he has a lot of money and tells her about his plans to travel to Miami, Florida. He showers Jenny with compliments and confesses how much he wants to make love to her.Meanwhile, Simon invites Leona (Irene Forrest), the hotel waitress who has just quit her job, to watch television in his room. She is confused about her future, and Simon invites her to join him on his trip. When she hesitates, he tells her he is more interested in companionship, and offers to share his large supply of multivitamins. Later, Simon discovers an intoxicated Sidney by their limousine, trying to access the hidden cash. Simon convinces Sidney to use his credit cards, and save the cash for Costa Rica.On Friday, the men resume their trip with Jenny, Leona, and Moose at the wheel. When Sidney takes over the driving, Moose serenades everyone with his original compositions. At the Weeping Willow Motel, Jenny tells Sidney she would be more comfortable staying with him if she knew more about him. As Sidney tells her one lie after another, Jenny resists his advances.Soon, Simon wanders over to Leona's room, and discovers the door is unlocked. He wakes her, but fails to persuade Leona that he is a great lover, and seeks comfort in a hot bath. Suddenly, Sidney climbs into the tub with him. Simon is horrified and insists he leave but Sidney is angry that they are rich but have no women to enjoy. When Sidney suggests they hire prostitutes, Simon calls him a deviant. Simon is content to do hand exercises with a muscle gripper, while Sidney claims that he prefers sex. Meanwhile, Jenny makes love with Moose.Sidney and Simon stop arguing to discover the limousine has been vandalized. Although the car is ransacked, the thieves did not find money. As the trip continues, Jenny confesses to Leona that there is something weird going on. Meanwhile, Leona is attracted to Simon, but Jenny warns her not to trust him. Away from the limousine, Simon blames Sidney for revealing too much about their plans. When Sidney swears that he has been careful, Simon fears that his mobster employers are following them. Nevertheless, Jenny tells Sidney he is a very sweet man and invites him to make love at the next stop.In the hotel restaurant, Leona continues to air her neuroses to Simon, and becomes so distraught that she insists on leaving. Meanwhile, Jenny finds Simon at the restaurant, and propositions him with the same pickup lines she told Sidney. Leona later steals Simon's limousine key when she finds him in bed with Jenny. Simon jumps in the vehicle with Leona behind the wheel. He diffuses her humiliation, and cuddles Leona once they are back in the hotel room.The travelers finally reach Miami, and Moose talks about meeting a powerful executive who will give him a record contract. When the group stops at a stand for tropical drinks, Jenny admits that she was still aroused after Sidney fell asleep, and is curious to see if Simon was as great a lover as he claimed. When she confesses that Simon was true to his word, Sidney tells her that she is disgusting. Jenny responds by pouring her drink over Sidney's head. At a posh Miami hotel, Sidney and Simon plan to be unobtrusive, and then slip away to Costa Rica.Meanwhile, the bad guy returns, and reminds Jenny that she is an assassin and has a job to finish. His remark makes Jenny cry, and he promises it will be her last job. He tells her to find out where the money is hidden, and where the seaplane is going to land. Once she has her information, she must kill all her companions, even Leona.Later, Jenny tells Sidney she has a premonition, and suggests he return to New York City. Instead, Sidney promises her anything if Jenny will go overseas with him. Later, Sidney brags about becoming a world power, but Jenny tells him she does not plan to accompany him.On Monday, Sidney drives the limousine to the dock, Leona reveals that she and Jenny are hired killers, who work as a team. The only way she can be free from her job is to leave the country to hide from her organization. At the dock, the men are unable to dislodge the tires, and Jenny and the bad guy appear. Jenny kills her associate with a machine gun, and hustles her friends into a seaplane. Sidney does not want to leave without his money, but the others drag him on to the aircraft. There, Simon lifts his shirt to reveal the cash is taped to his torso. Sidney is ecstatic until Simon explains he only saved his portion of the money because he would not dream of touching Sidney's half. However, Sidney quickly recovers, and spouts plans to make a bigger fortune once they are in Costa Rica.
    

Sitting Ducks


            In Los Angeles, California, independent filmmaker Danny Sapir (Henry Jaglom) begins dating singer Helen Eugene (Andrea Marcovicci). In the opening scene, Helen is hesitant to let Danny stay the night at her apartment, having recently learned to live by herself again after her previous relationship. Later in Danny's apartment, he meets with his older brother Mickey (Michael Emil), a real estate agent visiting from New York. As Danny talks about his relationship with Helen, Mickey confesses he would like to fall in love, but he has commitment issues.Afterward, Mickey takes Danny to the closed Mayfair Theater, a property in Santa Monica, he recently sold, and which is scheduled for destruction. Inspired by the theater design, Danny decides to throw a party there before it is torn down. He gathers a number of his single friends for the St. Valentine's Day party, including Helen and Mickey. Danny surprises the guests by bringing out a film crew, and announces that he wants to know why everyone gathered is currently single, and encourages them to share their thoughts and feelings on relationships on camera.Over the course of the single day, Danny interviews dozens of people, including Mickey who reacts annoyed and angry over Danny prying into his and other peoples personal lives. One of the persons attending is Edith Helm (Sally Kellerman) a veteran actress who has just recently gotten divorced which she connects with Danny who sees her divorce from her latest husband as similar to his own divorce years earlier.After completing the interviews, Danny is asked by a friend of his (played by Orson Welles as more or less himself in his final film role) why he is alone, but he has no answer.Before leaving, Helen tells Danny she will keep a spare toothbrush at his home, just in case she stays over with him in the future.
    

Someone to Love


            Drew (Henry Jaglom), a writer living in California, is miserable and decides to move back to his home town, New York City. Exhausted from an all-night flight, Drew arrives on New Year's Day, only to be greeted at the door by Winona (Melanie Winter), one of three previous tenants still living in the apartment. Winona explains they have the place through the first, but Drew insists that means they were to vacate by the first. Winona brews them tea, and the other two roommates, Annie (Gwen Welles) and Lucy (Maggie Jakobson) come out in their sleepwear. They tell Drew they cannot leave because they are throwing a going away party for Lucy, who is moving to Los Angeles, California. Drew agrees to give them the extra day and telephones various hotels to rent a room.Annie informs Lucy she is giving up alcohol and sugar as her New Year's resolution, and Lucy responds that she is giving up men. After explaining to Drew that her "biological" depression always starts the week before Thanksgiving and ends New Year's Eve, Annie suggests they share the apartment for one day. Since Drew cannot find a hotel vacancy, he agrees.During their conversation, Drew discovers Annie is a public relations representative for an art gallery, Lucy is a voice-over artist for Saturday morning cartoons, and Winona is a photographer, who is planning to get pregnant by a "genetically perfect" man in the New Year. Lucy offers Drew her room to sleep in while she packs. Before falling asleep, Drew sees Lucy watching a videotape of herself swimming with dolphins. She explains the dolphins got aroused and tried to have sex with her.As Drew sleeps, Lucy's parents and others arrive for the party. Among them are Dr. Stadthagen (Michael Emil), a therapist who believes he has to have sex with a woman to see if they are compatible for therapy; a delivery man who does not leave (Robert Hallak); and Lucy's former boyfriend, Billy (David Duchovny). Lucy takes Billy aside to ask why he showed up and he tells her he loves her. She cannot forgive him for his infidelities and he counters that she also cheated on him. Drew overhears the argument which ends with Lucy and Billy kissing.After Billy goes to the bathroom, Lucy tells Drew she is going to California to get away from a no win situation. Drew confesses he came to New York City to start over again after his divorce, but believes he is too old to start over at age 45. Lucy disagrees. They are interrupted when Lucy's father, Bruce (Harvey Miller), demands to speak with her. As he begs her to stay in New York, more people arrive and Lucy leaves to greet them. Bruce asks Winona's help in getting his daughter to stay, but she insists Lucy has to experience life to become an adult.When their landlord, Lazlo (Milos Forman), arrives with champagne, the girls swarm him to say how much they will miss him. Annie reminds Lazlo how one night she crawled into his bed, but the older man could not get an erection, so they just held each other. More people arrive and Lucy spies Billy flirting with her friend Marjorie (Tracy Reiner). Later she sees them kissing in the hallway. She answers the door and finds her psychologist. They go into the kitchen and she tells him how she worries that leaving Billy is a mistake because they share a true love. She fears that if she leaves Billy, he will find another girl because he cannot be alone. She also confesses feeling guilty about leaving her parents and Annie. The doctor tells her that although these people are important, they are not more important than being true to herself.Meanwhile, Drew takes Billy aside and gets him to confess that he is pretending to be "dark" because he is afraid others find him boring. In another room, Winona confesses to her big brother, Harlan, that she is planning on becoming a single mother. He reminds her of the pain they felt when their mother left, but Winona insists they did okay.Later, Lucy confronts Marjorie about Billy and tells her to leave. She walks into the living room to see her father and Billy both trying to seduce women. As various couples pair off, Lucy drinks alone. When Annie asks Lazlo to sing her a Hungarian lullaby, Lucy goes into her room to find Drew in her bed. He tells Lucy he is attracted to her and she kisses him. After a few minutes, she breaks away, telling him she cannot make love to him. Drew tells her it is alright and holds her until they fall asleep.Meanwhile, Annie brings Billy into her room and tells him she finds him sexy and confesses she also had these feelings about her father. Billy asks her to join him in the bed and they embrace. Later, everyone else is gone when Lucy wakes up and walks into Annie's room to find her making love to Billy. She explodes and throws a naked Billy into the hall. She goes to fight with Annie, but finds her in the bathtub with an empty pill bottle. Drew joins them and Lucy orders him to get some coffee. Lucy tries to get her roommate to reveal how many pills she swallowed. Instead, Annie kisses Lucy and tells her she had sex with Billy because she really wanted to make love to Lucy... thus revealing that Annie is a lesbian and has had a crush on Lucy this whole time. She asks Lucy to kiss her back. Lucy does. Lucy tells Drew there were only a few pills left in the bottle and Annie will be alright.In the final scene, Drew asks what Lucy plans to do. She insists she is still going to Los Angeles to find a place to live. Drew gives her the keys to his California house and asks her to telephone him now and then. After she leaves the room, Drew watches the videotape of Lucy swimming with the dolphins.
    

New Year's Day


            In New York City, a woman named Zee (Karen Black) tries in vain to stop her husband, Willy (Paul Williams), from leaving her.In a business office, Eli (Michael Emil), a divorced middle-aged man, advises his friend and co-worker, Mort (Martin Harvey Friedberg), to have a more positive attitude if he wants to attract women.Meanwhile, Zee walks the streets, talking to herself about how she could have saved her marriage. She stops at an outdoor cafe, where Eli and Mort continue their discussion at an adjacent table. A waitress asks to take her order, but Zee, who is flustered and tearful, changes her mind several times before deciding on a variety of chocolate desserts. Eli talks to Zee in an attempt to cheer her up. She resists at first, then asks him to join her. Mort eventually leaves, unnoticed.As Zee and Eli walk around the neighborhood, she points to an older man, whom she believes has been following her. Eli tries to calm her by taking her to see a movie. Afterward, Zee explains that she suspects her husband of hiring a private detective to report on her dating activities, in order to avoid paying alimony.They arrive at Zee's apartment, and, during the conversation, she reveals that she had once been a professional singer, before Willy insisted that she quit. When Eli suggests they become more intimate, Zee declines. However, they kiss goodnight before Eli leaves.The next day at the office, Mort recounts his latest romantic failure while Eli peruses a book about sexual activity in middle-aged men. Eli advises his friend to stop objectifying women, then complains that the book makes him feel insecure about his advancing age.That afternoon, Zee and Eli meet at the cafe, where she talks about her desire to have a child. Elsewhere in the cafe, a street performer named Larry (Michael Margotta) sits with his girl friend, Louise (Frances Fisher), and his trained pigeon, Eddie. Larry flirts with a young woman (Anna Raviv) at the adjacent table, angering the lady's boyfriend (Robert Hallak). Once the boyfriend leaves, Larry tells the girl that he fell in love upon seeing her, and they kiss as Louise reads a book, trying to hide her embarrassment.That night, Zee and Eli drink sake in his apartment, after attending a classical music concert in Central Park. Eli admits that he has "miscellaneous relationships" with other women, but would prefer to be in a "normal relationship." Zee is more interested in knowing if Eli saw anyone following her. Later, as they make love, Eli monitors his heart rate with a pulse meter.A few days later, Zee sings to an attentive nightclub audience, which includes Eli and Mort. Later, Eli tells Mort that as he becomes emotionally attached to Zee and feels increasingly insecure, as he is unable to gauge her feelings toward him. One night, when Zee and Eli are in bed, she declares that she is ready to have a child, but not with Eli, and disregards his desire to discuss the matter. Alone, Eli gazes wistfully at home movies of his parents' wedding.The next time the couple makes love, Zee is revolted by Eli's pulse meter and tries to remove it. Eli refuses, explaining that he can prove scientifically that he loves Zee more than any other woman by measuring his heart rate during sexual intercourse.One evening at the cafe, Zee, Eli, and Mort are seated at a table next to Larry and Louise. Larry recognizes Zee from her singing engagement and begins flirting with her. When Eli voices disapproval, Zee dismisses him with a condescending laugh. Larry takes Zee aside to invite her to his apartment for a sexual interlude. She accepts, assuring him that Eli is only a casual friend. After they leave, Eli is deeply hurt, but blames himself for not being more cynical about romance. Louise asks to stay at Eli's apartment, because Larry will not allow her to return home if he is spending the night with another woman. Eli takes her home, and they drink sake as he obsesses over his sexual activity.Meanwhile, Zee confesses that she accepted his invitation because he feels nothing for her. When she notices the amateur photographs lining his apartment walls, she suspects him of being a private detective, hired by Willy. Convinced that she is being videotaped, Zee looks into the imaginary camera and berates her ex-husband. She gets dressed and walks out the door, leaving Larry naked and bewildered. Eli and Louise awkwardly attempt to make love as Zee enters the apartment. She announces that her suspicions of being spied upon have been vindicated, then casually apologizes for hurting both Eli and Louise. She has also come to the realization that Willy no longer loves her, leaving her free to devote herself to Eli. Louise returns to Larry, who shows little interest in having her back.Later, Zee learns that she is pregnant and believes the child will be a girl. Eli already has a daughter, but is excited to have another. Zee moves into Eli's apartment, and continues to pursue her singing career.
    

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