A British American psychological thriller directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lloyd, Colleen Camp and Seymour Cassel.
A woman whose husband neglects her meets a stranger in a restaurant and begins a complex relationship with him. The husband spends all of his time with model trains or cheating on his wife with a nurse at the hospital he works at.
This was that type of strange that only Nicolas Roeg can create. The plot was a little on the confusing side. Is this young man real or does the woman have an imaginary friend? Add the inconclusive ending and it's nearly incoherent. The characters were definitely acted very well. Being famous movie stars and all, they lived up to their reputations. The video was mostly straight forward storytelling. There were some odd shots and scenes as well. My favorite was the young man playing with the husband's train set. The audio was shoddy and uneven. This was the standard inaudible dialogue problem. Overall, a weird film by a weird director. I'm giving it the weird pink rating because I think it's his strangest work.
A British drama directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell and Harvey Keitel.
A man whose girlfriend is in the hospital remembers their relationship together. He is a psychology professor and she is crazy. The cops are questioning him after he brought her in for a drug-induced coma.
Holy non-linear plots, Batman! Everything was all out of sequence, but it ended up only making sense at the very end. All of the scenes came together to produce a relatively coherent whole. The two main characters were developed well and their relationship was shown in great detail. The video was pretty standard, straight forward and run of the mill. There was some nudity and sex, but the most shocking ingredient was the operating room at the hospital. The audio was nothing to get excited about either. Overall, this was about the characters and their relationship. I rate it o.k.
An American crime drama directed by Michael Crichton, starring Burt Reynolds, Theresa Russell and Ned Beatty.
A ex-cop is accused of murder and a young female public defender takes his case. They work together against all odds to find the real killer.
This was so stereotypical. The characters were exactly what you would use if you were making a film to mock late '80s courtroom flicks and the plot was no better. The ending was extremely inconclusive. Style reeked of 1989, with big shoulder pad suit jackets for the female lead and a big reel-to-reel tape recorder for the male. There was nothing interesting to note on camera-work or editing. Overall, it's very mediocre and should only be watched for 1980s nostalgia purposes. I rate it poor.
