ShabbyDoll23
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Hollywood doesn't like to see itself for what it is. It's a business that puts on a pretty face and (used to) try to appear more show than business. Art that challenges Hollywood in any meaningful way doesn't get awards.
Eric Roberts should've won an Oscar for this terrifying role but he didn't even get a nomination. Yet depictions of Claus Von Bülow and a cannibal doctor are award winners. They feel safe, almost cartoonish in comparison to the monster that was Paul Schneider. Depictions of unpalatable sleaze do not get accolades. They get lumped in with the sleaze they expose.
This movie is based on a Pulitzer Prize winning Village Voice article. It thoroughly dissects the real life murder of Playboy Playmate turned actress, Dorothy Stratten. A woman who was destroyed by three men who used her and a system where everyone is expendable.
This is an excellent movie that I had a visceral reaction to. I have seen this movie once. I don't know if I can stomach another watch. It is so accurate in its depiction of common place malice and cruelty.
This film is akin to watching an autopsy in front of you. This movie is an aggressive attack on you and all your senses.
I recommend it. I cannot think of a movie in the last forty years, that demands so much of its audience. Even if you hate the movie, this film is not disposable. You will have a strong reaction that will stay with you long after the credits.
I watched this movie twenty years ago and I will not, cannot forget it. If you want gory fun watch a slasher. If you want horror, you will see it here in its purest form.
Eric Roberts should've won an Oscar for this terrifying role but he didn't even get a nomination. Yet depictions of Claus Von Bülow and a cannibal doctor are award winners. They feel safe, almost cartoonish in comparison to the monster that was Paul Schneider. Depictions of unpalatable sleaze do not get accolades. They get lumped in with the sleaze they expose.
This movie is based on a Pulitzer Prize winning Village Voice article. It thoroughly dissects the real life murder of Playboy Playmate turned actress, Dorothy Stratten. A woman who was destroyed by three men who used her and a system where everyone is expendable.
This is an excellent movie that I had a visceral reaction to. I have seen this movie once. I don't know if I can stomach another watch. It is so accurate in its depiction of common place malice and cruelty.
This film is akin to watching an autopsy in front of you. This movie is an aggressive attack on you and all your senses.
I recommend it. I cannot think of a movie in the last forty years, that demands so much of its audience. Even if you hate the movie, this film is not disposable. You will have a strong reaction that will stay with you long after the credits.
I watched this movie twenty years ago and I will not, cannot forget it. If you want gory fun watch a slasher. If you want horror, you will see it here in its purest form.
1) See this unspoiled.
2) This movie is horror. Psychological horror but horror. And like any good horror film can be hard to stomach.
3) Supposedly, director Claude Charbol didn't care for this film, saying it was his weakest. It is not. It was not well-received but is a strong, challenging film.
Like another Anthony Perkins film I recently watched, this movie has three main characters who are repugnant. This one differs in that it's engaging. It takes several watches to catch all the details. I probably have not discovered them all. At the end one of the characters shows humanity and the film is all the more tragic because of it.
Before the opening credits, one of our protagonists, Paul Wagner has his head smacked up against a window, cracking his reality, and making us question the reality of the characters.
A commenter on the BluRay mentions how we have three extremely attractive leads but their characters have little sexual desire or passion. Sex is a means to an end. They feed on power and deception. Money doesn't matter. One-upmanship matters.
There are several mysteries and as more appear there's a mixture of suspense and dread. The horror in what these characters are and that's never truly resolved. These are calculating, cold, fragments of human beings. The horror is not just the emptiness within the characters but them never be able believe the truth or sense authenticity. Not even within themselves.
2) This movie is horror. Psychological horror but horror. And like any good horror film can be hard to stomach.
3) Supposedly, director Claude Charbol didn't care for this film, saying it was his weakest. It is not. It was not well-received but is a strong, challenging film.
Like another Anthony Perkins film I recently watched, this movie has three main characters who are repugnant. This one differs in that it's engaging. It takes several watches to catch all the details. I probably have not discovered them all. At the end one of the characters shows humanity and the film is all the more tragic because of it.
Before the opening credits, one of our protagonists, Paul Wagner has his head smacked up against a window, cracking his reality, and making us question the reality of the characters.
A commenter on the BluRay mentions how we have three extremely attractive leads but their characters have little sexual desire or passion. Sex is a means to an end. They feed on power and deception. Money doesn't matter. One-upmanship matters.
There are several mysteries and as more appear there's a mixture of suspense and dread. The horror in what these characters are and that's never truly resolved. These are calculating, cold, fragments of human beings. The horror is not just the emptiness within the characters but them never be able believe the truth or sense authenticity. Not even within themselves.
