This sometimes stagy film - with long, uninterrupted scenes, an immobile camera, and absurd and improbable situations, also featured witty dialogue exchanges and skillful acting.Grief-stricken Jamie treasured a shoebox with a picture of her mother Laurie at 17 years of age, who had recently died in a car accident."As Jean hangs her stockings in her upstairs room, she witnesses men depositing Terry""s three large trunks there and makes another acidic comment: "What is this, another boat docking?" After being introduced - again - to Terry by Mrs.Shady deals are being made by greedy black marketeers and the desperate, hopeful clientele of all classes and races speaking in various accents.