Eros Movie Review 2004

Three short films by renowned directors intended to convey their own interpretation of eroticism. Whether or not they're actually intended to be erotic is yet to be determined. Wong Kar-Wai's "The Hand" nails it. There's no nudity, no explicit sex, nothing to tell you what to feel. But it's poetic and stays with you. Steven Soderbergh's "Equilibrium" stars Robert Downey, Jr. as a patient explaining his sexually-obscure dream to psychiatrist Alan Arkin over and over and over. The doc doesn't listen much. Neither do we. Finally, director Michelangelo Antonioni closes the program with a real stinker. His Zabriskien roots place the characters in a land of causal nudity and dopey music. Trilogies need to get better with each installment, but this one rolls downhill the entire way.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 104 minutes.
Originally from United States, French, Italian, Luxembourg.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sex & Sexuality, Anthology, Obsessive Love, Oldest Profession, Shrinks, Romantic Triangles, Bisexuality, Period Piece: 1950s, Italy, Obsessive Love, Hong Kong, Period Piece: 1960s, Advertising

Screenplay

Wong Kar-Wai, Steven Soderbergh, Michelangelo Antonioni

Cast

Gong Li, Chang Chen, Tin Fung, Zhou Jianjun, Robert Downey, Alan Arkin, Ele Keats, Christopher Buchholz, Regina Nemni, Luisa Ranieri

Cinematography

Tonino Guerra, Christopher Doyle, Marco Pontecorvo

Director

Wong Kar-Wai, Steven Soderbergh, Michelangelo Antonioni

Music

Peer Raben, Enrica Antonioni, Vinicio Milani, Chico O'Farrill

Other

Paul Ledford, Claude Letessier, Georges Prat, Tu Duu-chih, Mary Ann Bernard, Claudio Di Mauro, Chiara Andreussi, William Chang, Alfred Yau Wai-ming, William Chang, Milena Canonero, Carin Berger, Philip Messina, Stefano Lucci, William Chang

Producer

Jacques Bar, Domenico Procacci, Raphael Berdugo, Stephane Tchal Gadjieff, Wong Kar-Wai, Roissy, Cite Films, Fandango, Delux Productions, Block 2 Pictures Inc., Warner Independent Pictures