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Liebestraum
1991
LIEBESTRAUM, directed by Mike Figgis, pays homage to the film noir tradition from its very first scene, a flashback in which a jazz record plays while a sexy platinum blonde and her lover are the victims of a grisly shooting. Back in the present, architect Nick Kaminsky (Kevin Anderson) arrives in quiet Elderstown to visit his .. Read more
| Starring | Kevin Anderson, Pamela Gidley, Bill Pullman, Kim Novak |
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| Director | Mike Figgis |
| Genres | Drama |
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Liebestraum
LIEBESTRAUM, directed by Mike Figgis, pays homage to the film noir tradition from its very first scene, a flashback in which a jazz record plays while a sexy platinum blonde and her lover are the victims of a grisly shooting. Back in the present, architect Nick Kaminsky (Kevin Anderson) arrives in quiet Elderstown to visit his dying mother (Kim Novak). In town he runs into an old school buddy, Paul (Bill Pullman), who is demolishing a classic old building. Paul's wife, Jane (Pamela Gidley), disapproves of the demolition, and she and Nick find themselves drawn to each other both in their sympathy for the building and in their profound loneliness. However, the mystery of the murder far in the past is haunting them in ways they do not suspect. Writer-director Mike Figgis creates a moody, stylish feel for his film with dark lighting, atmospheric music, and a brooding performance from Anderson. With Elderstown, Figgis imagines a place that nobody would want to live in, populated by the sardonic, amoral, and downright weird inheritors of a perverse and inescapable history.
| Starring | Kevin Anderson, Pamela Gidley, Bill Pullman, Kim Novak, Catherine Hicks |
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| Director | Mike Figgis |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 48 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 02 Feb 2004 Production year: 1991 |
| Format | DVD |
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A weirdly gripping thriller, with echoes of Twin Peaks, from writer/director Mike Figgis. When architectural journalist Kevin Anderson is called to the deathbed of the mother he never knew (Kim Novak), a chance encounter with an old college friend (Bill Pullman) provides an opportunity to study the site of a unique, soon-to-be-demolished department store. As passion flares between Anderson and Pullman's wife (Pamela Gidley), Novak's increasingly feverish reminiscences point to a dark secret contained within the condemned building's walls. The plot spirals out of sight, like one of the store's several staircases, but still has a dizzying compulsion, and both the direction and cinematography are relentlessly atmospheric.
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Figgis's temple-throbbing suspenser is a convoluted tale of lust and jealousy, moodier and more elegiac than his... read more on Time Out
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Liebe it out!
A thoroughly disappointing release. Being impressed my 'Leaving Las Vegas' & 'Timecode' and totally blown away by 'Hotel'. I started to check out other Mike Figgis movies. Impressed by the description on this site, how wrong could I be. Maybe the worst film I've ever seen. Even the usually reliable (if a little insipid) Bill Pullman is rubbish. This film misses every target it aims for. Perhaps the biggest sin being that the characters are impossibly flat. Or is it the ludicrous dialogue? No it's the embarrassing Brothel scene. Can I get those 2 hours back please!
*note Rent 'Hotel' instead. The best extra features I've ever seen. What DVDs should be like. -
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LIEBESTRAUM, directed by Mike Figgis, pays homage to the film noir tradition from its very first scene, a flashback in which a jazz record plays while a sexy platinum blonde and her lover are the ... -