VHS : Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes
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Rating:  - about this DVDfilm/movie water drops on burning rocks.......
This film story is basically about a young man hintersted in an older man where they praticed gay sex and later in the film where their woman came to find them and the later the yong man's woman praticed sex with the older man and he killed himself due to the yong man troubled and unhappy over the older man's reaction to their man to man's relationship...that's all....I views this film based on the hongkong's version and give this film a 3 star due to the fact that this film is talking about deviant ... Read More
Rating:  - Strange but Brilliant
"Water Drops on Burning Rocks"
Strange but Brilliant
Amos Lassen
In Germany of the 70's, Leopold, a 50 year old businessman, meets Franz, a 20 year old and Leopold invites him over. A love affair begins until one day a matter of little importance leads to a difference of opinion and what was is no more.
The movie is based on a play by Fassbinder that had never been filmed and here is directed by Francois Ozon. It retains its theatrical structure and the dialog ... Read More
Rating: - Campy surface with murky depth
I watched this film because I am a fan of Ozon's quirky, witty, surprisingly deep work. As some have mentioned, this bears some similarity to 8 WOMEN, but this actually works better, due to a more complex script. (Ludivine Sagnier, of the boyish face and the hottie-girl body, played the tomboy in that.)
Every element here works on a level of being both interesting and stomach-turning. This is one of the very few works I have ever seen that captures the reality of the "free love" 70s; that it ... Read More
Rating: - Ozon Updates Fassbinder in an Edgy Ménage a Quarte
François Ozon has flair and style ('Swimming Pool', 'Under the Sand', '8 Women', etc) and in scripting Rainer Fassbinder's 1970s play 'Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes' for the screen he has created an edgy, fun, and poignant examination of the lives of four people at their intersection.
Act I (for that is the way the film is laid out in homage to Fassbinder's play): 50-year-old Léopold (Bernard Giraudeau) is entertaining 19-year-old Franz (Malik Zidi), who he has picked up in a bar, with ... Read More
Rating: - good
very unique film. Boy has older male lover and his ex girlfriend tries to rekindle an old relationship with boy. Odd, but worth a watch. Great cast, unique story.
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