I watched 3 Women last night, too.
Confession: This was my first time seeing it, and though I've even had a copy of it here for YEARS without once putting it into a player, I never really questioned what it would be about. I always figured it would be a nice drama about the relationship between, you know, these three women, and though I like most of Altman's films just fine, this one was somehow always relegated to the "someday" pile. So the chance to lie in bed with TCM presenting it to me was perfect.
Oh, my. My, oh my.
For the first hour or so I was nearly in agony, waiting for the train wreck that was bound to occur with Duvall and Spacek. And then, and then...
Wow.
I shall have to let it "settle" and "digest" and then return to it for a second viewing sometime soon.