VHS : The Comfort of Strangers
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starring: Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson, Helen Mirren, Manfredi Aliquodirected by: Paul Schrader
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302130119
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302130115
Label: Paramount Home Video
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Home Video
Release Date: September 05, 1991
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 12566
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1991-04
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Based on a creepy Ian McEwan novel, this Paul Schrader film stars Natasha Richardson and Rupert Everett as a married couple who find their marriage sliding into a morass of tedium. To reignite it, they visit Venice, where they fall under the spell of an urbane older couple, played by Christopher Walken (in one of his most chillingly insinuating roles) and Helen Mirren (who seems to be more his crippled acolyte than his wife). British reserve forces the younger couple to be polite to these strange birds, but increased exposure to them through coincidental meetings gradually pulls them into their deadly orbit. Adapted by Harold Pinter, it's a slightly arid but still goose-fleshy film in which nothing is what it seems to be and, what's worse, nothing familiar looks familiar anymore. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A great way to see Venice-with friends (fiends)
Do you know where you are???? Your'e on the other side of the mirror. Wow that line along with what do you want? Want? I'll show you what I want!! And boom there goes Walkens Character over the edge into madness. I loved this movie for its atmosphere and great setting in Venice with terrific script and wonderful off-kilter performances from the main four actors. This one along with Dont look Now and Talented Mr Rilpey make a great trio of Terror from Italy. Love to see these three at a Drive -In. ... Read More
Rating:  - Anyone For Venice?
The Comfort Of Strangers is worth watching simply for the photography. Venice turns up often in film, but director Paul Schrader really gets it right. From the endless alleyways, so ominous at night, to the outdoor sewers - whoops - I mean canals - to the exquisite public buildings and lavish, dark interiors, expertly dressed down to the last detail, the sense of place is intoxicating. Much of the film finds Venice bathed in gentle afternoon sunlight, rendering it soft, opulent, alluring. Every ... Read More
Rating:  - One for the charity shop
This film (along with "Don't Look Now") was recommended by a friend as a countermeasure to my praise about the beauty of Venice. And, indeed, the city is well-represented throughout the film.
My partner and I sat down and were engaged with the plot as husband-and-wife Rupert Everett and Natasha Richardson are slowly drawn further and further into the world of the Italian Christopher Walken and his Canadian wife, played by Helen Mirren. Everett, incidentally, plays well the role of a loving ... Read More
Rating:  - Visual beauty
Film based on Ian McEwan's novel, masterfully prepared for big screen by Harold Pinter. Cast includes incredible Helen Mirren, Christopher Walken, Natasha Richardon and Rupert Everett. It is a story set in beautiful and romantic Venice, where two lovers are trying to re-ignite their affair away from everyone else they know: their work, children and famiy. In the course of strolling thru the labyrinth of Venice's streets, they run into a man who tells them odd, creepy tales. In spite of dislike they take ... Read More
Rating: - THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS
The DVD was in good shape, what more can I ask for. I'd seen this movie in the past, I simply wanted to own it on DVD, I'm content.
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