1981 Directed by Bob Rafelson
This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.
Jack Nicholson Jessica Lange John Colicos Michael Lerner Anjelica Huston John P. Ryan William Traylor Jon Van Ness Brian Farrell Albert Henderson Christopher Lloyd Don Calfa Louis Turenne Thomas Hill Sam Edwards Joni Palmer Lionel Mark Smith Virgil Frye Brion James Ron Flagge Elsa Raven James O'Connell William Newman Raleigh Bond Glenn Shadix Tani Guthrie Carolyn Coates Kopi Sotiropulos
I have only seen Jessica Lange in roles from the current decade, already in the midst of her sixties. Unfortunately, she looks like a puckered up old prune, with the heavily lined face of someone who spent forty years of her life squinting cigarette smoke out of her eyes. When she attempts to assert herself as a sexy minx against the ravages of aging, she ends up appearing grotesque rather than desirable. Or maybe thats just me. Perhaps sixty is still sexy but I am an ageist prick.
Then last night I saw her as a fresh faced 22-year old in The Postman Always Rings Twice. Wow. As a young woman, her face was an alluring mystery, half hidden behind…
My memory of this film was fading, and although I still haven't seen the 1946 original, I decided it was time for a refresher. What a great reminder of how superlative Jack Nicholson can be at the top of his game, playing the capricious drifter Frank Chambers. And what great sexual chemistry Jessica Lange can stir up when she's paired with the right leading man.
I also enjoyed revisiting the cameos by Christopher Lloyd as a young salesman, Anjelica Huston as the gypsy lion tamer named Madge, and Michael Lerner as the clever shyster Mr. Katz. And I had forgotten how well John Colicos played his role as Greek immigrant Nick Papadakis, the husband of Cora (Lange) and owner of…
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I didn't finish this as I fell asleep about halfway through it. I wasn't even that tired but I think this thing just put me to sleep, I was that bored by it.
I'm not going to go back and attempt to finish it because my mind is really fighting me doing that (see, it can work for me sometimes) but what I will say is that sex scene was way more explicit than I was expecting. Absolute filth, I'm fucking disgusted....
....by the way they tossed that really nice-looking bread on the floor like that. I could have eaten that.
i didn't know what tf was going on the whole time HOWEVER in the first 20 minutes there was a legnthy shot of jack nicholson going to town on jessica lange's muff so safe to say i'm pretty shaken up
Good thing I take my antidepressants at this time of night because that ending really kicked me in the gut.
Einer dieser Skandalklassiker, die für mich durch ihren Titel bislang immer so einen "Rosamunde Pilcher Anstrich" hatten und daher uninteressant waren. Jetzt war er dann mal dran und ich muss sagen, wirklich viel verpasst hatte ich bis dato also nicht. Natürlich hat der Film einige eindrucksvolle Momente und Nicholson geht einmal mehr in seiner Rolle auf, aber DEN Skandalfilm habe ich nicht gesehen und auch sonst war das für mich eine eher lauwarme Angelegenheit.
Insgesamt also eher im Mittelmaß anzusiedeln in meinen Augen.
Watched this because I wanted to see if David Mamet was actually capable of writing a female character.
Spoiler: he isn't, but Jessica Lange is still outstanding
This movie made me extremely uncomfortable, but I found it difficult to look away.
Not without merit - there are moments here and there, especially as an opportunity to see Nicholson and Lange in such vivd performances - but the whole thing shambles along without much oomph, like a dead fish.
It's hard to believe it's the same team behind Five Easy Pieces.
Okay version, but for my money the 1943 Italian version ("Ossessione") is still the best.
Deeply unpleasant and hilariously lurid. Hard to believe that Rafelson went from Five Easy Pieces to this in just 10 years.
This is Jessica Lange paying her dues... and basically giving birth to the 1980s wave of erotic thrillers
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