07-20-2019, 07:41 PM
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Crimes of Passion (1984)
This was one of Director Ken Russell's later films, it only has 36% on RT and some poor reviews, so I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. Kathleen Turner bares all to play a respectable fashion designer by day and prostitute by night, specializing in theatrical fantasy. Anthony Perkins is once again terrifying as the perverted and insane 'Reverend' intent on "saving" Turner's character (there are hints of Travis Bickle, turned up to 11). John Laughlin also stars as decent family man in a sexless marriage who is attracted to Turner. The spectacular Argento-esque neon visuals by Cinematographer Dick Bush are great to look at (no really, that's his name
). Apparently Russell had a hell of a fight getting any cut past the censors, it's easy to see why because 'Crimes of Passion' is not a film for the easily offended... or even the hard to offend but underneath the shock and awe it's a solid and serious examination of the psyches of the three main characters.
I watched the Arrow Video reconstruction of the Laserdisc 'Director's Cut'. The 5-minutes of Laserdisc material is the best upscaling job I could ever imagine seeing, cutting almost invisibly with the rest of the razor sharp 2K scanned 1080p Interpositive material. Prog-Rocker and semi-pro raconteur Rick Wakeman provides the score based on motifs from Dvorak's 'New World Symphony' and I very much enjoyed his interview on the bonus features.
Censored but still NSFW trailer:
This was one of Director Ken Russell's later films, it only has 36% on RT and some poor reviews, so I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. Kathleen Turner bares all to play a respectable fashion designer by day and prostitute by night, specializing in theatrical fantasy. Anthony Perkins is once again terrifying as the perverted and insane 'Reverend' intent on "saving" Turner's character (there are hints of Travis Bickle, turned up to 11). John Laughlin also stars as decent family man in a sexless marriage who is attracted to Turner. The spectacular Argento-esque neon visuals by Cinematographer Dick Bush are great to look at (no really, that's his name
). Apparently Russell had a hell of a fight getting any cut past the censors, it's easy to see why because 'Crimes of Passion' is not a film for the easily offended... or even the hard to offend but underneath the shock and awe it's a solid and serious examination of the psyches of the three main characters.I watched the Arrow Video reconstruction of the Laserdisc 'Director's Cut'. The 5-minutes of Laserdisc material is the best upscaling job I could ever imagine seeing, cutting almost invisibly with the rest of the razor sharp 2K scanned 1080p Interpositive material. Prog-Rocker and semi-pro raconteur Rick Wakeman provides the score based on motifs from Dvorak's 'New World Symphony' and I very much enjoyed his interview on the bonus features.
Censored but still NSFW trailer:
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