Movies
October, 1994
A Flashy and fleshy performance by Jessica Lange fills Blue sky (Orion) with heat lightning. In director Tony Richardson's final movie, which has had its release delayed since his 1991 death, Lange plays Carly, the addled, star-struck wife of a U.S. Army scientist (Tommy Lee Jones). Carly lives in a fantasy world, wishing she were somebody else--probably Marilyn Monroe--somebody who isn't trapped in drab GI quarters on an Army base. A womanizing captain (Powers Boothe) spots her right away. Carl...
