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A woman gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely
knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the
relationship begins to get complicated.
Director: Adrian Lyne
Writers: Sarah Kernochan, Zalman King........
Stars: Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Margaret Whitton |
Storyline :
An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.
Movie Reviews :
Ice-cold eroticism
There isn't much about
this movie that is warm or inviting. The central relationship between
Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke is there to be busted up, but director
Adrian Lyne isn't very concerned with the characters anyway--his thing
seems to be chilly atmospherics and stylish furniture. Sure, the first
sex with the blindfold and ice cubes is tantalizing, but the scene seems
chopped short (presumably so as not to offend us prudish Americans!).
All the sexual scenes are like that: the clinch, the brief flash of
nudity, end of scene. Interest wanes after the viewer becomes satisfied
with Basinger's milky beauty and Rourke's handsome panache, but their
surroundings are sterile (his apartment, her gallery). There are two or
three playful moments (such as the food frenzy in front of the
refrigerator), but mostly it's all talk and little action, and
unintentionally funny bits like Rourke attempting to get Basinger in the
mood by playing Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"!
