A poetic look at the life and legacy of legendary author Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), who wrote over over a hundred short stories and 44 novels of mind-bending sci-fi, exploring themes of authority, drugs, theology, mental illness and much more.
Joanna once was married to Carl May, a very rich and powerful nuclear energy magnate. They love each other, but had to divorce after Joanna was caught on an incidental love affair. Since then Carl has made Joanna's life impossible. 10 years later she's fed up with the situation and decides to visit him, only to find that once he made three copies of her
Mary Fisher (Meryl Streep) é uma escritora de sucesso que escreve romances de segunda categoria. Uma noite em um jantar elegante Ruth (Roseanne Barr), a desalinhada esposa de Bob (Ed Begley Jr.), acidentalmente derrama vinho sobre o belo vestido rosa de Mary. Bob corre para ajudar Mary, eles olham um no olho do outro e sentem desejo à primeira vista. Após uns poucos encontros clandestinos, Bob abandona Ruth e seus dois filhos para morar à beira-mar no palacete de Mary. Ruth está decidida em destruir a vida de Bob, sendo chamada de demoníaca por ele. Ruth interpreta o papel com todo o vigor, primeiro destruindo a vida particular de Bob, depois sua carreira e então a liberdade dele. Quando Bob não tem mais nada, ela continua a persegui-lo.
'Any man was better than no man at all. After what I did to you, I couldn't let go the idea that I loved him. Love was the only justification for my cruelty.'
A politically-active couple's involvement in an election campaign threatens their marriage through personal entanglements with the candidate and other campaigners.