Amateur Movie Review 1994

Former nun Huppert, trying to make a living writing pornography, hooks up with an amnesiac (Donovan) who turns out to have a criminal past and a porno actress wife (Lowensohn) who wants him dead. Blackmail plot has oddball characters racing through dark and evocative settings while unfolding a tale loaded with offbeat oppositions and an irresistibly bizarre romantic triangle. Lively and playful without becoming pretentious, Hartley's self-described "action thriller... with one flat tire" evokes his typical deadpan subtle style.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 105 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Film Noir, Amnesia, Romantic Triangles, Hit Men/Women, Nuns & Priests, Pornography

Screenplay

Hal Hartley

Cast

Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, Elina Lowensohn, Damian Young, Chuck Montgomery, David Simonds, Pamela Stewart, Terry Alexander

Cinematography

Michael Spiller

Director

Hal Hartley

Music

Jeff Taylor, Ned Rifle

Producer

Hal Hartley, Ted Hope, Lindsay Law, Jerome Brownstein, Scott Meek, Yves Marmion, UGC, Zenith Productions, True Fiction Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics