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Safe
1995
SAFE is an unnerving story about a housewife, Carol (brilliantly played by Julianne Moore), who falls physically and psychologically ill from her environment. Director Todd Haynes casts an instantly eerie spell with hypnotic cinematography as Carol's stoic, perfect world is introduced. Her home is exquisite, her husband (Xander .. Read more
| Starring | Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Susan Norman, Xander Berkeley |
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| Director | Todd Haynes |
| Genres | Drama |
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Safe
SAFE is an unnerving story about a housewife, Carol (brilliantly played by Julianne Moore), who falls physically and psychologically ill from her environment. Director Todd Haynes casts an instantly eerie spell with hypnotic cinematography as Carol's stoic, perfect world is introduced. Her home is exquisite, her husband (Xander Berkeley) loving, her son (Chauncey Leopardi) typical, her best friend loyal. But after Carol learns her friend Linda's (Susan Norman) brother has died mysteriously, Carol begins to experience her own strange symptoms. Her illness eventually transforms her seemingly protected, upper middle-class existence into a terror of everyday life. She becomes so ill--with her doctor and friends concluding it's all psychological--that she begins to investigate a cult-like healing center that provides a protective bubble from what its followers call "the twentieth century disease"--a kind of allergy to everything modern or chemical. With its stunning art direction and an impressive performance by its star, SAFE is both a chilling tale of existential dread and a witty commentary on modern suburban life.
| Starring | Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Susan Norman, Xander Berkeley |
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| Director | Todd Haynes |
| Studio | PALISADES TARTAN |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 54 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1995 To Rent: DVD: 27 Oct 2003 |
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"...The movie starts out dealing with one problem and ends up attacking another....SAFE never declares itself for a any of these possibilities. That is another of the movie's intriguing aspects..."
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Peerless
Todd Haynes' cold, hard allegorical horror movie is a masterpiece. Ostensibly telling the story of an over-privileged Los Angeles housewife who slowly ... read more »
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Very slow
This has to be the slowest film I have ever watched. I kept waiting for it to start....... seriously tedious
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Don't bother
The one star is awarded for the only good thing about this film. Julianne Moore. Painfully slow to watch, waitied patiently for the story to develop or ... read more »
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True movie style
If you like true movies then you will enjoy this film. Not the best quality film I have seen but an intriguing film all the same. I didn't think I would ... read more »
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Safe
SAFE is an unnerving story about a housewife, Carol (brilliantly played by Julianne Moore), who falls physically and psychologically ill from her environment. Director Todd Haynes casts an instantly eerie spell with hypnotic cinematography as Carol's stoic, perfect world is introduced. Her home is ...
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