Item #: 1448DVD Category: MODERN HORROR Format: DVD MPAA Rating: R

Woolly Rating: 5/10 (66 votes)

MEMBER COMMENTS ON THIS VIDEO

JD	Sep 14, 2001 @ 8:36:12

<[:-( NOSFERATU WOMAN PIANO MAN / SELF-OBSESSED DIRECTOR = WTFWT
GEE, I WONDER WHY THE COMMERCIAL, THEATRICAL VERSION WAS ABOUT 5 HOURS SHORTER? ADJANI WAS SUPPOSEDLY IN A LASTING SUICIDAL FUNK AT THE END OF THIS MOVIE. THAT MAY BE HYPE, BUT SEEING THE EXTRAORDINARY, PHYSICAL EFFORT SHE PUT INTO THIS AND THE HIDEOUS CRAP THE DIRECTOR (CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME) TURNED IT INTO, ITS UNDERSTANDABLE. NEIL REPRISES HIS ROLE IN "THE PIANO," AN IMPOTENT, POSSESSIVE HUSBAND. IT WAS HIGHLY REALISTIC AND EFFECTIVE UNDER JANE CAMPION'S DIRECTION. HERE IT IS ABSURD. ADJANI GETS TO PLAY HER USUAL SPOOKY ROLE WITHOUT THE USUAL COOLNESS. THE DIRECTOR GOADS BOTH OF THEM TO TURN INTO HAMS SO ROTTEN AS TO BE TRULY EVIL. I'VE SEEN NEIL AND ADJANI IN SEVERAL FILMS EACH, SO I KNOW WHERE THE BLAME LIES. THERE IS A LOT OF PRETENTIOUS, PSEUDO-EXISTENTIAL JIBBER-JABBER (THIS IS IRONIC, AS THE TARGET OF THE MOST VICIOUS REVENGE IS A POOFY NEW-AGE TALKING MOMMA'S BOY) BUT IN THE END THIS IS A REVENGE FLICK. THE DIRECTOR WAS "SUFFERING" FROM A "BAD MARRIAGE." HERE HE ENDOWS HIMSELF WITH A JAMES BOND CAREER (RUINED BY HIS WIFE OF COURSE), BRIEF SUPERNATURAL POWERS, AND TOTAL REVENGE. THE WIFE IS PORTRAYED AS A LITERAL DEMON, WHO TURNS THE HUSBAND INTO A LITERAL MONSTER. ITS HARD TO TELL HOW SELF AWARE THE DIRECTOR WAS, HOW MUCH OF THE ANUS-DWELLING HUSBAND HE THINKS WAS SYMPATHETIC TO THE AUDIENCE.

like they say...love it or hate it...
...but i personally HIGHLY recommend this movie. adjani described her role with the words "psychological pornography". some who dislike this movie may have seen it as an overly pretentious art-house flick, but to those who enjoy it, as i did, may see it as a social commentary, rich with symbolism and exploiting the vunerable human condition. i have never seen anything quite like this movie. it has truly stayed with me.

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