Want sultry? Want sexy? Want over-the-top romance? Then check out this very daring, avant-garde, brilliant piece of film making.
Daring: Well, many scenes are way beyond R! But don't think the film is in any way low-brow. Quite to the contrary, it beautifies a very hot and passionate love affair.
The plot is intentionally simple: A cabbie meets a supermodel. They have a sizzling, emotionally intense relationship. They're each far more intelligent and well-educated than their stations in life might suggest: he's a former writer and she's well schooled.
Amanda de Cadenet, the lady with the seductive look in the picture above, steals the show. Her mate, played by Eric Shaeffer, is less effective. Minor characters round out a very stellar cast.
I can say no more! But I can suggest that the language, music, setting, indeed poetic mood of the entire film is way beyond our expectations. The love between the oddly matched couple is heart-wrenching. I recall the French classic, Un Homme et Une Femme. I recall Mickey Rourke's quasi-edgy 8 1/2. I recall Bogart and Bacall. I recall Taylor and Burton.
Where will the relationship go? Can it succeed? Will their class differences separate them? What madness possesses the pair who throw all caution to the wind and go with their feelings?
Oh my, what a whopper of a love story! Not for the prim and proper!
A film apart. Original. Soaring. Very special.
Grade: A+
Whoa! Not to be confused with my April 2010 post on The Fall. Weird, dude.
ReplyDeleteOh, dear David, please don't shave one single week from one of my vintage favs: 9 1/2 Weeks with M. Rourke and Kim Bassinger. haha
ReplyDeleteThink I'll add this to our queue.
So you saw that "daring" piece with Kim and Mickey? Wasn't it a shocker for its day? Today, that considered run of the mill fare! Glad you added The Fall (my 1997 version, haha). Keep an ice bucket on hand!
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