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Summary: The Lover steams up the screen
Review: One of my all time favorites. What do the movie critics know? This is not a main stream film. It is sensual, erotic, visually hypnotic in it's cinema-photography,and beautifully narrated by the sultry voice of Jeanne Moreau. This is love story, reminding the viewer of their first love and the intensity which fueled it. I highly recommend this film!
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Summary: not exactly well suited for American puritan audiences
Review: This movie is fascinating on so many different levels. There are holes in the plot, but there are holes in the plot of any movie - there is lots left to the imagination in this film, even if they aren't the parts Hollywood addicts are used to.I know the film has been decried by some as nothing more than kiddie porn. However, if you concentrate too much on the erotic parts of the story, you'll miss a lot. To be sure, you should both read the book and watch the movie if you can. (Incidentally, if you buy this for the suggested "abundant nudity", prepare to be disappointed - the film is actually mostly devoted to the story. Also note one of the sex scenes is rather uncomfortable to watch.)
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Summary: Unrated
Review: Just FYI
The DVD is UNRATED version.
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Summary: aptly titled film about the lovers
Review: this is a beautifully photographed and artfully directed film. i saw both rated and unrated version of this film and contrary to most opinions here, i would recommend the r-rated version since the unrated version take away the narrow focus of the film and dwell too much on unnecessary love scenes. don't let critics who call this soft porn sway you from truly enjoying this film. this is not a soft porn. it's a film about the lovers. the film is narrowly focused like a well written essay. sure, the characters may not be developed as much as we would like. but lets face it, what does lovers care about when the temperature is high. they only care about making love and being with each other. and afterward, maybe a meal. anyone who have had great love relationship will treasure this film.
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Summary: Jane March Fans...
Review: This is an excellent movie with a young girl "coming of age" plot. If you are a Jane March fan then this is a must see and a collectable along with her Color of Night movie with Bruce Willis. Excellent quality nude footage of a young Jane March.
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Summary: a romance without much depth based on a literary masterpiece
Review: If you're looking for erotica or an exotic romance, this is probably a good choice. If you've read "The Lover" by Duras and was hoping for a film that is faithful to the spirit of the book, don't bother. Marguerite Duras, who gave the director the rights to use her novel, publicly pulled her support pre-release once she saw the direction the film was heading. The novel itself is simply a masterpience of autobiographical fiction (Marguerite Duras had a similar affair during her time in Vietnam during her youth) and explores the complicated nature of her relationship with her mother and brothers, her growing awareness of the power of sexuality/sensuality, and the simmering tensions between natives of Indochina and the french colonialists. This film is lush, romantic and perhaps erotic but like nearly all films based on great literature, doesn't come close to capturing the spirit of its inspiration.
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Summary: Forever
Review: The beautiful history of love that was lost in the history like the water in the sand...
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Summary: Lush, Sensuous, and Intense
Review: Beautifully filmed with attention to detail in order to capture 1920's Saigon, you'll find yourself watching this film over and over again. The Director's Cut contains some of the steamiest, most arousing scenes on film, yet they were still tastefully done and befitting of the story. One of the most erotically-charged scenes occurred when the young girl presses her lips against the window of the man's limo. She, of course, is kissing his reflection in the glass. That scene alone captures the extreme sexual yearning and desire between the two characters--in fact, you will feel what the characters feel when watching it. Only thin glass separates the two at that point. These lovers are doomed from the start, with their differences in age, in economic class, and in race. A poor, "white trash" French girl was still considered of a higher class than an extremely wealthy Asian man back in 1920s Saigon. The two lovers struggle with these differences within themselves and within their families. Sadly, the girl's mother sees a cash cow in her young daughter's lover and allows the illicit affair to continue. The story in poignant and touching at times, sensuous and erotic, but there's always underlying current of drug-induced violence, hatred, and tension which rears its ugly head, especially during the scenes where the young girl returns home during school breaks. A coming-of-age film that will leave an indelible impression.
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Summary: IMPROPRIETY
Review: A coming of age tale set in 1929 Vietnam, when Vietnam was a French colony, based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras. A young teenage girl (Jane March) begins a love affair with a much older wealthy Chinese man. The book is good but not really cinematic material. The film is highly sexual, mostly between March and this man having sex and a few scenes of her dysfunctional and economically challenged family. I have only ever seen Jane March in highly sexed roles, so I have no idea if she has any talent. This film shows her at barely 18 herself. For more views of her in this kind of role, see Color of Night with Bruce Willis.
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Summary: Let's call it what it is
Review: My last blurb for this video didn't show up, so let's try again. It's just classy soft-core, and borderline child porn at that. (Any redeeming quality you can point to is strictly technical and available in many movies of the same sort shown late at night on Cinemax or Showtime.) I give it two stars instead of one because if that's what you're looking for, you'll be pleased.
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