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<TD ALIGN=CENTER ROWSPAN=1><FONT SIZE="+5"><B>22</B></FONT></TD>
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Love in the dying moments of the twentieth century.
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<B>Directed by&nbsp;</B>
<A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Cronenberg%2C%20David">David Cronenberg</A>
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<B>Written by&nbsp;</B>
<A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Ballard%2C%20J%2EG%2E">J.G. Ballard</A>,
<A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Cronenberg%2C%20David">David Cronenberg</A>
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<TD><A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Spader%2C%20James">James Spader</A>
(James Ballard)
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<TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Unger%2C%20Deborah">Deborah Unger</A>
(Catherine Ballard)
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<TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Hunter%2C%20Holly">Holly Hunter</A>
(Dr Helen Remington)
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<TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Arquette%2C%20Rosanna">Rosanna Arquette</A>
(Gabrielle)
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<TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://italy.imdb.com/Name?Koteas%2C%20Elias">Elias Koteas</A>
(Vaughan)
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<B>Runtime:</B> 100 minutes<BR>
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<B>Plot:</B><BR>
Since a road accident left him with serious facial and bodily scarring,
a former 'TV scientist' has become obsessed by the marriage of motor car
technology with what he sees as the 'raw sexuality' of car-crash
victims. The scientist, along with a crash victim he has recently
befriended, sets about performing a series of sexual acts in a variety
of motor vehicles, either with other crash victims or with prostitutes
who they contort into the shape of trapped-corpses. Ultimately, the
scientist craves a suicidal union of blood, semen and engine coolant, a
union with which he becomes dangerously obsessed. -
<A HREF="mailto:mak8@le.ac.uk">Matt A. Knapp</A>
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<B>Comment:</B><BR>
One of the worst movie I've ever seen and hopefully one of the worst I'll
ever see in the future as well! It is hard to believe that all the dialogues
in this movie were strictly centered on sex or car accidents or both. The
funny bit was that after a strong visual scene there was an even stronger and
unlikely dialogue and every time you think there could not be anything worse,
the director managed to surprise you!
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A sense of disgust prevails any other feeling about this movie. It is
peculiar to note how most people in the cinema reacted with repulsion
while the two male characters kissed each other, a lot of 'No, please, no!'
cries filled the cinema giving a moment of amusement in contrast with the
shocking scene!
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<B>Rating:</B> 3.8&nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG SRC="../eachmovie/0.0star.gif" ALT="-" WIDTH="14" HEIGHT="13">
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