Dave Trautman wrote:
 
> I seem to recall enjoying John Geilgud in something called "Provendence"
> in which he is essentially writing the story we are watching.  Scenes
> repeat with revisions and people change according to how well he likes
> them through the "waking" parts of the story.
 
You refer to Alain Renais's _Providence_ (1977), in which Gielgud is joined by
Dirk Bogarde and Ellen Burstyn, among others; it is ostensibly set in the small
but remarkable city of Providence, RI, though I'm not sure any filming was
actually done there (and I really should know).
 
Jim Marsden
Providence, RI, USA
 
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