Lust & Desire in Vegas High Stakes

Starring:Martyn Jennifer, Phillip Rivera, Lloyd Kaufman
Studio: TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Product Type: DVD

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Lust and Desire in Vegas High Stakes is a cute romantic comedy hidden behind a thin layer of smut. Lloyd Kaufman, President and founder of Troma Studios, introduces the film. His characteristic lack of subtlety sets the tone for the rest of the film--and no good Troma fan would expect anything less. This movie follows a couple of strippers, stage-named "Lust" and "Desire," who are on the run from some Vegas thugs. After witnessing the thugs snuff out an Elvis impersonator over a gambling debt, the two head for cover in the desert, where they meet some amorous local hillbillies. The movie plays like a lowbrow Thelma and Louise with the added bonus of frequent soft-core sex scenes. The performances are passable, especially considering that Kaufman's introduction clues us in that a number of the cast members like Phillip Rivera have seen extensive screen time wearing (slightly) less clothing in ventures with (slightly) less plot in the hardcore porn industry. Ultimately, the movie does a solid job combining themes from Russ Meyer's Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill!, Deliverance, and traditional romantic comedy where all's well when the movie comes to a surprise happy ending. --Brian Saltzman
Description
Lachrymose Lesbians, perverted hillbillies, sex crazed hitch-hikers and a desert of greed and sin, these are all stars of Vegas High Stakes along with Vegas strippers Lust and Desire, beautiful and sensuous lesbian strippers. When the two accidentally witness mobsters rubbing out an Elvis impersonator behind on his gambling debts, their lives are thrown in to a tumultuous whirlwind of havoc and chaos. In fear of their lives, they hitchhike, beginning a roller-coaster ride of hair-raising action and steamy adventure that swerves and careens in to the Nevada desert and beyond. The desperate girls stumble into an eclectic family of rednecks, and they do all that they can to befriend these lonesome and horny hillbillies, hoping for refuge from the murderous thugs that are hot on their beautiful tails. What would you do if you witnessed a murder? Would you sleep with your best friend? Would you have lots of sex with strangers while hiding out in a trailer park? Can you really trust horny hitchhikers with your car? Is having sex in the woods the same as having sex in public? Are mullets sexy? All these questions and more are answered in Lust and Desire in Vegas High Stakes. Vegas High Stakes has all the substance of Showgirls, all the black humor of Very Bad Things, all the madcap mayhem of Ocean's Eleven and all the sexy energy of a late-night Skinimax romp!

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Kenneth Branagh's four-hour production of Shakespeare's full text for Hamlet is visually lush (shot in 70mm, which is rarely done) and full of fascinating story moments that normally get cut from shorter stage versions. (Your idea of what kind of fellow Polonius is may change quite a bit.) The unexpurgated approach is truly enlightening, and Branagh intermittently succeeds at giving familiar moments in the drama an original cinematic spin, including Hamlet's spooky confrontation with his father's ghost (Brian Blessed). (Branagh also imposes some Hollywood glitter on the proceedings by casting the likes of Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Charlton Heston, and Jack Lemmon in the smaller parts.) The pre-Titanic Kate Winslet is very good as the doomed Ophelia, and Derek Jacobi delivers a wonderfully nuanced performance as Claudius, whose character is definitely filled out by the restored material. Branagh's own performance is a little revisionist--some viewers have quibbled with it while others seem fine with it. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

Prepare thyself.......2007-06-25

OK...let me get my complaints outta the way, the things that make this film loose a star, first and foremost. After all, it's only my opinion.

I hate the way the Ghost is handled. Too literal...too much is shown. I prefer Zeff's take on the ghost to anyone's. Now that was creepy. This isn't. Also, Branagh has the WORST taste in music in all of Europe. It's embarrassing.

But this is a Hamlet to be seen. It's like no other. Yes, yes...the actors are fantastic, and it is beautiful to behold, like other Hamlets. Branagh's special device... and self challenge for which I applaud him, is to do the entire play. Every word. The whole shebang. In a world where even ABT is editing down their great works of 19th century entertainment, so it won't last longer than your average film I guess, this film is refreshing.

One must prepare for it. It's like going to see Wagner's "Ring" or a Eugene O'Neill play.... you know it's going to be long and intricate. You may become bored at times, but you must know you won't be for long before things pick up again, and paying attention has great rewards. Resolve yourself to meet it halfway. Also, like a Wagner opera, you must accept it for what it is, warts and all. Like a Bach Passion, or a Beethoven string quartet, it is a universe of its own. It is full of nooks and crannies. It is a complete world.

This is the great thing about this version of Hamlet. It's not tidied up for modern sensibilities of theatre. It's sprawling and expansive. The threat from Fortinbras and the entire "players" scene and the scenes on the ship to England....these tentacles from the main plot only add to the complete world of "Hamlet". It's wonderful! It puts it on par with "Lear" [which I've always though better]. It is epic. Art! With a capital "A".

One of the best presentation of a Shakespeare play.......2007-06-22

I had the opportunity to see this film during limited premiere back in December 25, 1996. I still have the program from that time. The 3 theatres to have the honors were The Paris Theatre in New York, The Royal Theatre in Los Angeles and The York Theatre in Toronto. These theatre showed the film in its entirety with one intermission of about 10 minutes. When it went nationwide the following January 24, 1997, it was edited and shorten by about 1 hour.

I must say, watching it for the first time was exciting. The film was amazing and I was intrigue throughout. Keep in mind I was still a young high school student when I first saw this. I enjoyed every aspect of it and did not want to see it end. When the film was first released on DVD or LD, I rented it and it was still good but there is nothing like experiencing it at the theatre and presented the way it was meant to be seen.

The Full-length Hamlet..........2007-06-10

1997's "William Shakespeare's Hamlet" is a full-length production of the original play, running to a daunting but entirely worthwhile four hours.

Kenneth Branagh, veteran of earlier screen productions of "Henry V" and "Much Ado About Nothing", is entirely credible as the melancholy Prince of Denmark, suspecting subterfuge in his father's murder and his mother's rapid remarriage. His delivery of Hamlet's signature sililoquy in a hall of mirrors is his own but excellent. The length of the production allows for a full exploration of Hamlet's behavior and of his plan for revenge; Branagh deserves credit for sustaining the ambiguity of his character throughout. His energy drives what might otherwise have become an exhausting movie, which even includes the timely arrival of the Norwegian Army at the end of the climactic sword fight between Hamlet and Ophelia's brother.

Branagh is supported by an absolutely stellar cast of "name" actors and actresses, including Kate Winslet as the unfortunate Ophelia. Noticing actors like Robin Williams and Jack Lemon in their minor roles becomes almost a little distracting as the movie progresses.

The length of the movie allows for the close exploration of the lavish sets; Blenheim Palace in England stands in for the Elsinore of the play. Period costumes and furnishings are detailed and everywhere in evidence.

This movie is most highly recommended to fans of Shakespeare and of Hamlet, who will be rewarded with an entertaining and quality effort for the investment of time.

Where Are The Grace Notes?.......2007-05-24

I know I'm going to catch hell for this review, but I've tried to watch Branagh's Hamlet twice and quit half way through both times. This is not meant pejoratively, but Branagh's Hamlet is an assault on the senses. He brays and he mews and he mugs for the camera. Where are the grace notes? How can the Dane be such an unsympathetic character? Winslet's Ophelia is a raving hysteric, Polonius a caricature of a hypocrite, Lemmon woefully miscast, his line readings leaden. The soundtrack, always intrusive, at time overwhelms the dialogue. Bigger is not necessarily better. Give me Olivier, even Gibson, any day.

Excellent.......2007-05-21

Though quite lengthy, this version of Hamlet is amazing. Kenneth Branah does a wonderful job acting as Hamlet and Kate Winslet's performance of Olivia is equally appealing. This age old story of trechery, pride, and revenge comes to life in this movie and I would reccomend it to anyone.

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Incredible picture
cheesy love story
It really is better than chocolate
Fun, sexy, diverse.
romance at its best!!!

Better Than Chocolate
Starring: Wendy Crewson , Karyn Dwyer , Christina Cox , Ann-Marie MacDonald , and Marya Delver
Director: Anne Wheeler
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Release Date: 1999-12-28

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Many lesbian movies are long on charm and short on production values; Better Than Chocolate has a solid dose of both and steamy sex scenes to boot. Our heroine Maggie (Karyn Dwyer), a clerk at a lesbian bookstore, meets footloose butch Kim (Christina Cox) and, after Kim's van is towed away, they move in together. Unfortunately for their romantic bliss, Maggie's mother, Lila (Wendy Crewson), and teenage brother move in that very evening thanks to Lila's impending divorce. But what really complicates matters is that Maggie can't bring herself to come out to her mother; even when she tries, Lila steamrolls through the conversation, like she knows what's coming and doesn't want to hear it. Interwoven with this is the struggle of Judy (Peter Outerbridge), a male-to-female transsexual who's in love with the bookstore's owner, Frances (Ann-Marie MacDonald), who's freaking out because customs officers are holding a list of books at the border that they claim are obscene. The overlapping plots are deftly juggled, the personal and political are compellingly interwoven, and, most satisfying of all, the characters have problems that aren't going to be easily resolved. A handful of candy-colored lip-synching musical numbers give the movie some flash and the sex scenes give the movie some heat, but it's the elements of sorrow and ambiguity that really make the joy in Better Than Chocolate something to savor. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

Incredible picture.......2007-06-15

An intressant and impactant picture. Only for people that have an open mind.

cheesy love story.......2007-06-05

it was a pretty lame movie... very cheesy, but almost neat. yep.

It really is better than chocolate.......2007-06-03

This is a great movie. It is all it is cracked up to be, it drags in spots, but you will not notice it too much

Fun, sexy, diverse........2007-05-13

Quirky and a lot of fun! The diverse characters and their stories are entertaining. The two young women falling for each other, and going through all the tumultuous highs and lows reminds us of how much fun it was to be a young lesbian! Sexy!

romance at its best!!!.......2007-05-05

i been in shelves looking for a good lesbian movie, to then to my shagrin finds a sexual scene that is sooo like fill in all sections of the film to appetize the male hormones....well, this isnt that movie....is made with such a nice taste (pun not intended) that surely makes for a delicious dessert! Romantic, funny, deliciously describing a coming out, and opening our eyes that in diversity there lies the greatness!!! and the chemestry is soo palpable that, well, it will keep you asking for more!

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3.5 stars
green glowing goo
Re-Animator: Special Edition
humour, yet gorey!
One of the best,PERIOD.

Re-Animator
Starring: Jeffrey Combs
Director: Stuart Gordon
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ASIN: B000LPS47U
Release Date: 2007-03-20

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Stuart Gordon's adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's Herbert West: Re-Animator puts a Night of the Living Dead spin on the classic Frankenstein story. Jeffrey Combs furrows his brow and bugs his eyes as the preternaturally intense Herbert West, a maverick medical student whose gory, gooey experiments cause bloody corpses and body parts to jerk to life. Bruce Abbot is the studious roommate drawn into his extracurricular experiments, which soon involve the dean's daughter (the frequently naked Barbara Crampton) and the college's cadaverous, calculating star professor (David Gale), who literally loses his head over a battle for West's discovery. In this world, that's only a minor setback. Charged with sick gallows humor and a ghoulish gallery of undead beasties, Re-Animator, like Evil Dead II, is one of the most inspired and inventive--and funniest--horror films of the 1980s. Combs, Abbot, and Gale reunite for the almost-as-entertaining sequel Bride of Re-Animator. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews:

3.5 stars.......2007-06-19

This student guy is kicked out of his university. Then he goes to another university and he starts workin in the morgue and moves in with another student and his girlfriend and he starts doin experiments with the cat. He think he found some kind of formula for the re animation of corpses. The cat comes back to life and he tries to convince his roomate that the formula really works.. even on humans. So they try it with humans in the lab and it works. It was really funny, much more funny than scary, like the cat they bring back to life looks like a stuffed animal and the dad in the straight jacket. It was pretty good. This DVD comes with a little needle with that potion stuff in it.

green glowing goo.......2007-06-01

Smart, funny, gory and sleazy. Love it! A hilarious modern classic that knows what it is and does what it's meant to do. It's filled with ambitious effects, clever visual gags and well-thought-out characters who also happen to be complete and utter nutballs in the most interesting of ways.

Points for one of the most over-the-top, hilarious, naughtiest scenes I've ever seen in a horror movie, even quite a few of the more recent ones. The '80s sure were raunchy!

I was also thrilled with the green syringe highlighter that came with it, although it looks kind of odd if you take it out of the box--leaves a big white gap behind the cellophane window. Minor issue, though. It's a cool set and a nice tribute to a fun movie.

Re-Animator: Special Edition.......2007-05-16

The latest release of "Re-animator" does actually contain elements of previous releases, stemming back to its initial laser-disc, extra-laden presentation in the 1990s.

What is fetching in this latest release is a very comprehensive documentary, which subtly conveys Stuart Gordon's expertise as a director. Additionally, the transfer looks grander (and gorier) than ever before, and the unqiue packaging should be enticing to any horror-movie collector.

Indeed, if one has never purchased "Re-animator" before on DVD (or VHS/Laser Disc), this edition will prove quite mind-blowing. For those who have purchased the movie before (or who have simply viewed it many times over in the past), there is still enough new fringe offerings to make this entry a glorious catch, especially if one can obtain the highlighter/syringe collectible as part of the packaging.

"Re-animator" is an indisputable classic, and this particular special-edition is the ultimate to possess to date.

humour, yet gorey!.......2007-05-13

Yet another horror fim of the old theme, but quite well produced in this instant.

One of the best,PERIOD........2007-05-12

They just don't make them like this anymore.This movie belongs in every REAL horror fans collection.The special effects are outrageous,very well done and Jeffrey combs gives a great performance as well as the rest of the cast.I have "bride" but haven't watched it yet and I cant wait.Good movie to watch around halloween.

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The best Bedazzled
Bedeviled
Hilarious!
At last!
Speak of the Devil

Bedazzled
Starring: Peter Cook , Dudley Moore , Eleanor Bron , Raquel Welch , and Alba
Director: Stanley Donen
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B000MQ54M6
Release Date: 2007-04-03

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When the Devil (Peter Cook) offers suicidal short-order cook Stanley (Dudley Moore) seven wishes, Stanley easily surrenders his soul. All of his wishes are granted, to the letter. Unfortunately, as each wish comes to life, the Devil--cheeky sod!--manages to slip some unexpected problem into the mix, ruining everything in a deliciously funny way. Bedazzled was made long before 10 and Arthur made Dudley Moore an unlikely movie star. It's a much purer expression of the off-kilter British humor that Moore and his writing partner Cook pioneered, humor that would lead to Monty Python's Flying Circus and other absurdist goofballs. Moore is charming enough, but what really makes Bedazzled work is Cook, who combines upper-class arrogance with a cheerful, even casual lunacy. Though he played character roles in movies like The Princess Bride and Black Beauty, he was never able to parlay his sneaky sense of humor into starring roles. Bedazzled is his outstanding triumph. Not only does the movie offer some sly commentary on Christian morality, it has a cameo with Raquel Welch as the embodiment of Lust. A classic. --Bret Fetzer

Description

Stanley (Moore) is a hapless short-order cook who is hopelessly in love with a waitress named Margaret (Eleanor Bron) - although she barely knows he's alive. Enter George Spiggott (Cook), a.k.a. Satan, who grants Stanley seven wishes in order to win Margaret over, but his efforts are hilariously hampered by the Seven Deadly Sins - including the insatiable Lilian Lust (Raquel Welch)!

Customer Reviews:

The best Bedazzled.......2007-06-27

Forget the Elizabeth Hurley/Brendan Frazier version (amusing as Ms. Hurley is as the Devil). This is one of the five greatest comedies of the modern film era. Period.

Bedeviled.......2007-06-13

This is my wife's favorite film and one of my favorites. It is extremely witty and funny in an ironic fashion. It is an example of classical british comedy that is more cerebral than American "slap stick" humor.

Hilarious!.......2007-05-25

There's no doubt that the late Dudley Moore was underrated as a comedic performer. "Bedazzled" shows what he could do, and his incredible range (in the scenes in which he's given his wishes by the Devil, he portrays, among other things, a daft supercilious vaguely Scottish intellect, a rich prig, and an Oxbridge professor). Just the anguished pop star face he makes in the scene parodying the 60s-style "Top of the Pops" show is enough to make me cry with laughter. He even wrote the theme song! The film itself looks quite good as well, and has a swingin' London/psychedelic overtone that holds up better than many of its contemporary films. Well worth seeing.

At last!.......2007-05-25

Finally a DVD of "Bedazzled" has been released in the United States. This is simply one of the funniest movies ever made. It is packed with razor-sharp dialogue and delivery. The cast is perfect. The thick 60's vibe holds up very well in this context.

It is perhaps not surprising that "Bedazzled" made little impact in the U.S. when it came out. It consists almost entirely of people standing around talking, which even in those days was problematic for many Americans.

To his great credit, Peter Cook was able to insert a coherent and meaningful discussion of theological issues into his hilarious script without bogging it down at all. I suppose you'd have to call this irreverent humor, but it is far from disrespectful or offensive.

If you don't mind paying attention to a comedy, then you will be rewarded with a smart, layered, consistently side-splitting movie.

The picture and sound on this disk seem fine and clean, if not fabulous. The extras are unexceptional.

Speak of the Devil.......2007-05-12

Bedazzled doesn't actually dazzle, though it's pretty good for its time. The title comes from a song central to one of the scenes, with DudleyMoore's character attempting the role of rock star. With typically understated British humor, Dudley sells his soul to the Devil (Peter Cook), who makes the most of his purchase by too literal interpretation of the wishes Dudley gets as his payoffs. Raquel Welch has a somewhat memorable but short role as Lust, one of the seven deadly sins. Of course, nothing really untoward is allowed to happen; it's all in fun. There is even a suitable ending, where Dudley gets to keep his soul after all, and the whole experience becomes a morality play in the tradition of English theater.

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Forbidden Lust
Starring: Forbidden Lust
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ASIN: B0006J2832
Release Date: 2005-01-18

Description

Synopsis: When archeologist Roger receives a strange and sexy idol at his office, he is unaware of the erotic powers it possesses. He has been studying the possible existence of an ancient culture that had strangely enhanced senses through ceremonial rites and once the idol is in his possession, he is overcome with highly sensual dreams. Caught between the reality he is studying and the ancient erotic rites he is learning about, he must solicit the help of his sexy colleague Jenny - the only one who can bring him back to the present

Customer Reviews:

Big Pad.......2006-04-05

For those of you looking for good softcore fun this movie fits the bill. There is more full frontal in this dvd then half of the other movies available. Except for one scene the audio is of the actors during the sex scenes and Ander Paige can get very vocal. The movie is about a porfessor/researcher of ancient civilizations. Ander plays some sort of sex queen who rules over her men. Who cares about the plot don't buy this movie if your looking for plot. The women are all very hot and so are the scenes. It's not Femalien but its better then most.

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Actually ........
Tipical Itilan movie
For Rental Only
Pretty edgy.
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Images in a Convent
Starring: Paola Senatore , Marina Hedman , Paola Maiolini , Marina Ambrosini , and Angelo Arquilla
Director: Joe D'Amato
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ASIN: B0007UVXCW
Release Date: 2005-06-14

Description

As nuns get possessed by the devil, the situation only worsens when well-meaning priests try to intervene.

Customer Reviews:

Actually ...............2007-03-11

if you take out the scenes of the nuns running up and down the dark halls of the convent then this movie is probably only 25 minutes long ... In the short I guess 84 minutes of this film I saw more doors opening and closing that can probably last me a lifetime, but then, of course, its a movie in a convent ......SSSHHHHHHH

All the girls in this movie except for the token fat and ugly nun ... there were no old ones here thats for sure .... are HOT HOT HOT .... The men are all pretty well continental dork material except for the bishop that had screen time at the beginning for about 4 minutes ....

The camera work on the sex scenes is absolutely stupendous and if you can overcome the 'nun' thing its probably one of the best erotica films around ......

Tipical Itilan movie.......2007-03-11

I found it better to watch if you turn the sound off.

For Rental Only.......2007-01-06

Yes, this is typical Joe D'Amato. It is explicit, but the the scenes are relatively short. If your curious and can rent it then do so. I wish that I had now that I'm stuck with a movie I don't particularly like. I've seen quite a few of his films, and I have "99 Women"( the explicit euro vers.), "Emmanuel in America" uncut just to name two. This movie is so bad that I've only seen a portion of it, and I have no intention of seeing the rest of it. I wish they would release "Top Model" as that was a good one.

Pretty edgy........2006-10-04

This one does have some hardcore scenes in here, especially toward the end. recommend the double disk set, has some other interesting sex scene clips.

Fast forward review.......2006-02-22

When you're talking convent movies, you're looking for a lot of lezzing out followed by remorse and self-flagellation or they get caught by mother superior, and get flagellated that way. This chestnut from way back totally delivers on the nun to nun action, kind of a soft "x" treatment, munch out city. Of course, it's 1979, so there's not a lot of hardwood, we're taking serious carpet. Even the obligatory dude who's wounded/sick and brought into the convent to recover is a pretty furry sort.

Hirsute issues aside, we got multiple extended scenes; nun munching, a whipped back lick, a forest rape with hot dogs, a hide the icon scene, lots of carpet rubbing and nudity up the ying yang, which counted for a lot more in the 70's than now of course. There's some plot, but it's not in English and the subtitles dissapear when you fast forward, so that's not a problem. Something missing? You bet, especially from a sex sleaze standpoint - where's the flagellating?? No bathing scenes either, but we'll let that slide.

So, 3 stars for all the sex, 1 star for the NTRL factor (nudity to total running length, although it's short), with a one star demotion for zero nun whipping. Worth a look.

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Lust for Life
Great film
One of Douglas' best movies
'I want to create things that touch people!'
Brilliant, Yet Painful Classic Offers Douglas' Finest Performance...

Lust for Life
Starring: Kirk Douglas , Anthony Quinn , James Donald , Pamela Brown , and Everett Sloane
Director: Vincente Minnelli , and George Cukor
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Release Date: 2006-01-31

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Lust for Life is appropriately titled, for mere passion seems inadequate when describing this superb fictionalized biography (based on Irving Stone's popular novel) of Vincent Van Gogh. In a deservedly Oscar®- nominated performance, Kirk Douglas is physically and emotionally perfect as the tormented Dutch painter, whose life is chronicled from his ill-fated stint as a preacher to Belgian miners in 1878, to his Impressionist-inspired artistic awakening and psychological descent to suicide in 1890. Having triumphed with 1952's The Bad and the Beautiful, Douglas, producer John Houseman, and director Vincente Minnelli brought vigor and vitality to this blessed project, which centers on Van Gogh's stormy friendship with fellow artist Gaugin (Oscar-winner Anthony Quinn). Minnelli used an outmoded color film process and innovative camera techniques to vividly recreate Van Gogh's paintings, and he filmed on the actual Dutch and French locations where Van Gogh's mastery flourished. The artist's lust for life also fed his madness, and this film deeply understands the fine line in between. --Jeff Shannon

Description

Vibrant orange sunflowers. Rippling yelow grain. Trees bursting with white bloom. "The pictures come to me as in a dream," Vincent Van Gogh said. A dream that too often turned to life-shattering nightmare. Winner of Golden Globe and New York Film Critics Best Actor Awards, Kirk Douglas gives a fierce portrayal as the artist torn between the joyous inspiration of his genius and the dark desperation of his tormented mind. The obsessed Van Gogh painted the way other men breathe, driving away family and friends, including artist Paul Gauguin (1956 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winner Anthony Quinn). Directed by Vincente Minnelli and saturated with the hues of Van Gogh's sea, field and sky, Lust for Life captures the ecstasy of art. And the agony of one man's life.

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Lust for Life.......2007-06-26

Based on Irving Stone's popular book, Minnelli's beautiful, vibrant film tracks Van Gogh's tragic journey into obsessive madness with unusual perceptiveness and insight. Douglas's fiery performance is a career peak, but Oscar winner Anthony Quinn nearly steals his thunder with a brief but indelible turn as Gauguin. Minnelli filmed on location in Holland and France, even borrowing actual Van Gogh works to use in the production. The result is a compelling, inspiring drama about the hazy border between brilliance and insanity.

Great film.......2007-03-15

After waiting years and years finally Lust For Life film was released on DVD last year. Two things that I love about this film. Firstly the real paintings were used (not prints) throughout most of the film. They are beautifully shot closeup. Secondly the music score by Miklos Rozsa is sublime. When the paintings and music are combined, well words cannot do justice.
There are a number of scenes where a shot seques from Van Gogh actually painting one of his masterpieces to the painting itself. Again this is marvellous stuff.
Naturally the acting is good, Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn spark well off each other and rest of the cast are all good.
But I have to come back to the paintings and the music...

One of Douglas' best movies.......2007-02-22

A "must have." Really just beautifully filmed, with photos of paintings cut in with the actual locations where they were painted. Anthony Quinn is great as Gauguin.

I saw a behind-the-scenes clip where an extra (one of the locals in Arles) interrupted filming to say how much Douglas looked like Van Gogh - she knew Vincent when she was a little girl.

'I want to create things that touch people!'.......2007-01-08

Kirk Douglas - with a powerful portrayal of Vincent Van Gogh (1853-90) the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt, lost the Oscar to Yul Brynner ("The King and I") in 1956..

The film captured the artist's agony and everything in Van Gogh's pictures seems to be pulsating with life..Yet of the more than 800 oil paintings and 700 drawings which constitute his life's work, he sold only one in his lifetime..

"Lust for Life" begins in Brussels in 1878 where Van Gogh intent to do missionary work among the impoverished population of the Borinage, a coal-mining region in southwest Belgium.

There, he experienced the first great spiritual crisis of his life..He was sharing the life of the poor completely but in an impassioned moment gave away all his worldly goods and was thereupon dismissed by his 'superiors' for a too literal 'interpretation' of Christian teaching..

Penniless and with his faith destroyed, he sank into despair..

When his brother Theo (James Donald) arrives in Le Borinage, he finds him living in a little shack.. sleeping in the dirt and straw..Theo persuades him to return to Holland..

At home..he cut himself off from everyone, and began seriously to draw, thereby discovering his true vocation..Van Gogh decided that 'his mission' from then on would be to 'bring consolation' to humanity through 'art', and this realization of his creative powers restored his self-confidence..

A passionate man by nature, he needed 'love' and he wanted a 'home' and 'children'..He impulsively proposes it to his cousin Kay (Jeanette Sterke) - a widow with a son - who violently rejects him ( 'No..Never! Never!')

Late, in The Hague, he settled in after meeting with Christine (Pamela Brown) a prostitute who becomes his model and his housekeeper..He acquires technical proficiency confining himself almost entirely to drawings..

He visits his cousin Anton Mauve (Noel Purcell) - a Dutch landscape painter - who offered to teach him how to work with color and oil..

Van Gogh extended his technical knowledge and experimented oil paint in "In the Field", in "The Potato Eaters", in "The Loom", in a "Peasant Woman in a Red Bonnet"...

At Nuenen, after the death of his father and a discussion with his sister Willemien (Jill Bennett) he decided to leave to Paris..where he was introduced to the world of Impressionists like Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, Monet..He joins his brother Theo and met Pissarro, Seurat and Gauguin..

Paul Gauguin (Anthony Quinn) opened his eyes to the latest developments in French painting..

In Paris, Van Gogh hoped to form a separate Impressionist group with Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec and others whom he supposed to have similar aims..

He rented and decorated ' a yellow house ' in Arles and invited Gauguin with the intention of persuading him and found a working community of Impressionists..They worked together..each influenced the other to some extent but their relations rapidly deteriorated because they had opposing ideas and were temperamentally incompatible..

One night, after Gauguin leaves, Van Gogh broke under the strain and cut off part of his left ear..He was taken by Theo to a mental institution at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in order to be under medical supervision..

At Saint-Rémy he muted the violent colors and tried to make his painting calmer : "Self-Portrait with Pipe and Bandaged Ear", "La Berceuce", "Garden of the Asylum", "Cypresses", "Olive Trees"..etc...

Oppressed by homesickness - he painted souvenirs of Holland - and loneliness, he longed to see his brother Theo in Paris who invited him to see a pleasant homeopathic doctor-artist Gachet (Everett Sloanne) with a passion for arts..But this phase was short : Feeling dependence on Theo (now married and with a son) and his inability to succeed and in despair of ever overcoming his loneliness or of being cured, he shot himself after finishing his last painting : "The Wheatfield and the Crows" dying July 29, 1890 in 'a bright daylight..the sun flooding everything..in a light of pure gold'..

Anthony Quinn received his second Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor - after "Viva Zapata", 1952 - for his 'splendid' performance as Paul Gauguin.. The film presented him as slow and careful.. pipe smoking and unfeeling.. face to face with the 'nervous' Van Gogh.. ('If there's one thing I despise, that's emotion in painting..')

Vincente Minnelli mounted beautifully a faithful account of the life of a great painter and manages to convey his 'genius' and his personal 'agony'..

Brilliant, Yet Painful Classic Offers Douglas' Finest Performance..........2007-01-03

"Lust for Life", Vincente Minnelli's rich interpretation of Irving Stone's Vincent Van Gogh bio-novel, is a film both compelling and repelling; in delving into the psyche of the artist (unforgettably portrayed by Kirk Douglas), one can see an untrained, unbridled genius smashing convention to open viewers' eyes to a world defined by passion; yet in doing so, we share in the growing nightmares and agony of his creative mind, teetering toward the madness that would destroy him, and it is an unsettling experience, to be sure!

This is a film so rich in visual imagery (with a Technicolor 'palette' that attempts to recreate Van Gogh's view of his world), that it demands repeated viewings, just to savor the details. From wheat fields 'aflame' in color, to night skies that nearly writhe in waves of darkness, the elemental nature of the artist's vision is spectacularly captured. And in experiencing the world through his eyes, the loving, yet uncomprehending concern of his brother (James Donald), and more hedonistic, shallow patronizing, and gradual disgust of fellow artist Paul Gauguin (Anthony Quinn, in his Oscar-winning performance), become elemental 'barriers', as well. Van Gogh wants to 'speak', but no one can understand his 'language', not even the artist, himself!

This film deserves a wealth of bonus features, yet the DVD offers only a very dry audio commentary, by film historian Dr. Drew Casper, which sounds like one of those college lectures I used to sleep through! MGM produced a wonderful documentary, when the film was made, about the production, locations, and reactions of locals, who knew Van Gogh, of Kirk Douglas' dead-on appearance and portrayal. Why this was not included is a mystery, as it provides the kind of insights Casper's comments don't!

Kirk Douglas never plunged as deeply into a portrayal as he did, in "Lust for Life", and the experience nearly crushed him, as he related in his autobiography, "Ragman's Son". His total immersion in the role SHOULD have won him an Oscar (Yul Brynner won, instead, for "The King and I"), and his bitterness and disappointment at the snub would haunt him, to this day. With the passage of time, his performance has only increased in luster and stature, and it certainly shows an actor at the top of his form!

"Lust for Life" is an unforgettable experience, not to be missed, even if this edition is lacking in 'extras'!

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an all-time favorite
A Shicken
Rust In The Dust ~ Anything But Divine
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Lust in the Dust

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After forming a match made in trash-movie heaven in John Waters's Polyester, Tab Hunter and Divine reunited for this deliciously tasteless Western comedy, which borrows its title from the nickname for Duel in the Sun, the turgid Western that inspired director Paul Bartel's affectionate spoofery. With Hunter wearing two hats as hero and coproducer, the movie indulges its own outrageous excess while staying true to the dustiest traditions of the Western genre. It's just good enough to watch without shame, and rude enough to hide from more offendable members of the family.

Nothing's sacred in Chile Verde, the wild western town where lone gunman Abel Wood (Hunter) arrives after rescuing corpulent saloon singer Rosie Velez (Divine) from being defiled by Hard Case Williams (Geoffey Lewis) and his gang of misfit gunslingers. Saloon owner Marguerita Ventura (Lainie Kazan) gets hot 'n' heavy for Abel's wood, and passions flare up in a race for hidden treasure, the map to which is tattooed in two sections on Rosie's and Marguerita's ample posteriors. To reveal more would spoil the wretched hilarity; one needn't love Westerns to enjoy this pig-wallow of a comedy, but it helps if you know the legacy of screen villains like Henry Silva, who's riotous here while barely shifting his vile expression. No doubt, this is the wackiest Western that ever cooked under the "blistering, burning, blazing, scorching, roasting, toasting, baking, boiling, broiling, steaming, searing, sizzling, grilling, smoldering, very hot New Mexico sun." --Jeff Shannon

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an all-time favorite.......2007-06-17

I notice some seriously humor-impaired reviews here, but this is one of the movies I can watch over and over and never get tired of(Mad Mad Mad Mad World and anything by Laurel and Hardy are some others). Just fantastic-Cesar Romero and Lainie Kazan are great, as is the whole cast. IMHO the whole movie is about perfect.

A Shicken.......2007-05-24

A Hysterical Romp that you have to watch over and over to truly appreciate. Divine is just that and Lainie Kazan is a treat.

Rust In The Dust ~ Anything But Divine.......2006-09-20

'Lust in the Dust' released in '84 is an irreverent parody on spaghetti westerns that just doesn't hit the target. I did enjoy Tab Hunter doing his best Clint Eastwood impersonation in the role of gunfighter/drifter Abel Wood and Gina Gallego was a lovely addition as working girl Ninfa, however that is the extent of anything positive I have to say about this film. I'm not a prude by any means and can on occasion enjoy low brow humour as well as the next guy but this movie couldn't ellicit as much as one laugh out of me.

Lesson for Today: Irreverent and crude doesn't necessarily translate into funny and entertaining. For Divine fans only.

How the West was Hilarious.......2006-07-03

This is one of the funniest Divine movies out there. It's tame compared to his other movies, but "Lust" is my favorite of all his movies. If you're looking for a good laugh, but this!

Lust in the Dust.......2006-05-09

This movie is great, it has had me laughing for over 20 years!!!!

Bizet - Carmen / Levine, Baltsa, Carreras, Metropolitan Opera

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The star 'Jose'
Excellent Voices... BUT
Carreras shines in "Carmen"
Carreras and Baltsa are stealing the show
Overall, its good.

Bizet - Carmen / Levine, Baltsa, Carreras, Metropolitan Opera
Starring: Agnes Baltsa , Josep Carreras , Samuel Ramey , Leona Mitchell , and Myra Merritt
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Release Date: 2000-12-12

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The star 'Jose'.......2007-04-18

This MET production in 1987 is in many ways illustrious: two top opera stars in the lead roles, big staging and festive choruses plus good dancers.
Agnes Baltsa shined vocally here, but really, Carmen is a bit of a stretch for her in 1987 visually.
I have heard Samuel Ramey elsewhere, and must say that his Escamillo is somewhat mediocre in this production. His two big arias lacked charisma, especially when you have Jose Carreras as Don Jose. It would be difficult to convince the audience that this toreador is the man that Carmen would prefer over Don Jose!
Jose Carreras is in his absolute prime here - big arias sweetly sung, physically convincing, ardent in acting (he is not consistently passionate elsewhere). Most of all, he has the right characterisation for this weak-minded Don Jose. Rather than ranking him behind Domingo in this role, I would rather opt Carreras as the best Don Jose of his era.

Excellent Voices... BUT.......2007-02-09

If you are looking for a version with excellent voices, this is it!!!
If you are looking for a great "theatrical" production, this is it!!!

BUT I must say that I found a terrible issue in this version: Carmen (Baltsa) and Escamillo (Ramey) were not Carmen and Escamillo.

CARMEN, as far as I understand these character... she must be sensual, sexy, seductive, graceful, not rigid but loose while dancing, surrounding with its charisma, mysterious and at the same time cold, jealous and interested. Carmen must astonish like a gypsy. Baltsa was never Sensual nor graceful. Yes, she has an EXTRAORDINARY volcal interpretation... and musically is just perfect... that's Puccinis and the actual conductor work. But I never saw Carmen. You must fall in love with Carmen even though you know that that love is going to take you to the perdition. She must HYPNOTIZE us... but Baltza couldn't do it.... it's a shame. I saw a Carmen so rigid and so plain... that even though she sings excellent... I missed Carmen.

ESCAMILLO, Oh my God!!!... the male version of these Carmen. Where is that charming "Toreador"?... he never showed up. ESCAMILLO must be charming, elegant and seductive. Ramey was just somene there singing with no Toreador feeling.

DON JOSE and MICHAELLA... Oh Yes!... great performances, great voices,great actor skills, great feelings of their character. Excellent Excellent Excellent!!!

Musically, these version of Carmen is GREAT... but... "Where is Carmen and Escamillo"?...

Carreras shines in "Carmen".......2006-03-14

If you are relatively new to opera as I am, Baltsa's performance of Carmen may have to grow on you - as it did on me - but you'll have no trouble admiring and appreciating Carreras' Don Jose character right away. (The role is one of his specialties.) Back to Baltsa: You'll have to get over her physical apperance -Carmen is supposed to be 17!- as a temptress
and then you will enjoy her portrayal. Magnificent voice!
Samuel Ramey is dripping with confidence as Escamillo, the bullfighter, and his voice is really nice.
Leona Mitchell's voice is less than perfect in this live performance, but it is a voice I would be greatful to own.
She is a sweet Micaela, (The girl who loves Don Jose) and is rather convincing in her big aria in act 3.
There is a wonderful supporting cast, although some of the older women in the Met chorus will gross you out in their 'cigarette-girl' costumes in Act 1!
And now what the Carreras fans are waiting for: How was Carreras in this performance? It would take an entire book of positive adjectives to describe his stellar, passionate performance. Here you will find a great artist -in real life on the brink of being diagnosed with leukemia- singing his heart and soul out with fire, urgency, and love. He puts everything into this role and the audience -you & I- are richly rewarded!
Conclusion: Don't miss this one!!!

Carreras and Baltsa are stealing the show.......2005-09-16

At first I have to say that a lot of operas often happen to have a wonderful tenor and a really bad soprano or vice versa. This is absolutely not the case here. Both mezzo soprano Agnes Baltsa and tenor José Carreras are doing a brilliant job with both their singing and acting. I think they both have a stage presence that very few can beat. Agnes Baltsa possesses a crystal clear voice, but she can also belt if that's what it takes to make the final outcome more believable. José Carreras' voice contains so much beauty; it's full of emotions, sensual and with that irresistible hint of honey. Like Baltsa he can also sacrifize beauty to enhance his performance.

Agnes Baltsa is just so sensual as Carmen it's no wonder Don José is powerless against her. I love the scene in first act where they spot each other for the first time and Don José is trying his best not to show any interest in Carmen who is surrounded by a crowd of eager men, but still we see him watching her out of the corner of his eye and Carmen is putting on a display trying to attract his attention. The way she's taking the rose from down her cleavage and throwing it on Don José is most seductive. And he's obviously overwhelmed by this woman so full of sex-appeal. The sweet and innocent Michaela doesn't stand a chance compared to the wild and seductive Carmen. Baltsa's singing is beautiful; it's filled with her usual energy and involvement and I just love her version of "pres de ramparts de Seville". And in "non, tu ne m'aime pas" she's so persuasive that it's no wonder José almost is giving in to her pleas about him leaving the army. She is undoubtedly my favourite Carmen.

José Carreras is perfect as Don José. Some reviewers have claimed that his acting is a bit wooden, but I disagree. He's playing a naïve and shy, young man falling in love for the first time and by the way, he's also a soldier and they hardly go dancing all around the place. Like always Carreras is pouring his heart and soul into his singing. Even if this performance was very close to his leukaemia treatment I think he sounds wonderful. Just listen to the "flower aria" that's sung with such emotion and ends up like a gentle love song. (And I would have sacrificed a lot to be Carmen, having Don José Carreras looking at me the way he did that moment...) He's also outstanding in the final act where Don José ends up killing Carmen. They both are, actually. Don José is at first trying his best to persuade her into coming back to him, because he's still in love with her. And his rage at the end is very understandable, because I think we all can identify with him when he realizes that he has ruined his life because of her and in the end she refuses him. His cry (Ma Carmen, adorée) after having killed Carmen makes my hair stand on end. It comes from the very deepest of his soul. During curtain call you will see Carreras completely drained of emotion. And I feel almost the same after having watched this version of Carmen. The final 10-15 minutes of this opera are worth the price of the dvd alone.

Leona Mitchell is a very sweet, but slightly nervous Michaela. Escamillo is portrayed by a brash Samuel Ramey. He has a rich, dark voice and his singing is very good. But even so, if I was Carmen I would stick to Don José. The rest of the supporting cast are excellent and they all make this version of Carmen very enjoyable. If you like me, happen to like Baltsa and Carreras I wouldn't hesitate buying the dvd.

Overall, its good........2005-01-13

As the previous poster mentioned, this production was very close to the famous tenor's Leukemia treatment, which is unfortunate, because there are elements of absolute bliss created by carreras and other parts not so. When he really gets into the singing he is the emobiment of passion, emotion and drama, but he also seems rather stiff in parts, both in his movement and in acting(which is evident in the many spoken lines).
Agnes Balsta playing Carmen was great, a beautiful voice and probably the best actor on stage. Samuel Ramey sings Escamillo very well, but perhaps a little more emotion rather than merely singing is desired. Leona Mitchell was of course excellent, as was Levine and the Met orchestra.
This production stirs within a great respect for the opera profession, but there is an underlying hesitance perhaps the somewhat aged cast fail slightly to create the strong emotions of lust, jelousy and rage that are the centre of this opera. I have the fullest respect for carreras, and I really enjoyed this production.
But overall it was great to listen to and watch this traditionally styled Carmen.

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Irma la flop
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Seconds parts syndrome!

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In 1963, Billy Wilder's Irma La Douce was one of the biggest box-office hits of the year, grossing twice as much as The Great Escape and The Birds. Yet this popular movie has been almost completely forgotten by film history, even to fans of Wilder or stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine (the same trio had made a masterpiece, The Apartment, three years earlier). It doesn't represent the best work of those legends, but Irma provides tart entertainment. At least some of the movie's popularity can be chalked up to its subject, which was pretty risqué for the time: Lemmon plays a Paris policeman who falls in love with a prostitute (MacLaine). The script was adapted from a stage musical, but Wilder decided to cut the songs, instead developing the humor and romance into his own blend of bittersweet perversity; this Technicolor-fantasy Paris is kind of a dark cousin to Gigi. Lemmon is in his prime period of hand-wringing self-doubt, and MacLaine is perfectly in tune with his rhythms, especially in scenes that add tenderness to the sometimes queasy mix of moods. Ironically--given the nixing of the songs--the film won its only Oscar for André Previn's adaptation of the stage play's music into a wordless orchestral score. --Robert Horton

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Irma la flop.......2007-04-19

This is one of my least favorite Jack Lemmon movies. The plot was slow, the jokes weren't funny. I don't know, this just didn't do it for me. It didn't seem characteristic of Billy Wilder's usual witty style.

Irma La Douce.......2007-02-08

Light hearted comedy by two great actors. Great interplay between them and a joy to watch many times.

Love movies.......2007-01-11

I loved this when I saw it 35 years ago. I wanted to see it and let my kids who are over 30 see it.

Irma La Duoce 1963.......2006-05-08

Meet Nestor (Jack Lemmon 1925-2001), a young man with a very complicated love life . Employed as a business manager to Irma La Douce (Shirley MacLaine 1934- ) -a proud and profitable lady of the streeet -the poor guy has gone and fallen in love with here ! So how do keep a populare Parisienne lika Irma faithful ! Simple . Disguise yourself as a eldery English lord who immediatly becomes Irma?s sole client and means of support ! But what?s jeleous manager to do when illustrious Irma claims that the man she?s in love with is not the smitten Nestor but the dotty old Lord himself . Wonderful homour and story . You will be able to see some scenes of the Les Halles market how is torn down in the 1970?s . High Quality transfer . Recommended

Seconds parts syndrome!.......2005-10-07

Sometimes the genius makes a mistake, even dealing with Billy Wilder, who bet sincerely to repeat the same winner formula in the Apartment. It did not happen, the absence of sexual chemistry in this couple, plus the clash of two strong personalities as Shirley and Jack around this love affair with a pros. Perhaps the emotional state of the audience was surrounded by the mature film Breakfast in Tiffany, Fellini 's La Dolce Vita and Bocaccio 70 who explored this issues with humor and major conceptual density.

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