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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786305507642
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6305507643
Label: Direct Source Label
Manufacturer: Direct Source Label
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Direct Source Label
Release Date: July 13, 2000
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 97242
Studio: Direct Source Label
Theatrical Release Date: 1990
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Hills Like White Elephants Triumphs
The second of these three films in this anthology is a clever adaptation of Hemingway's famous short story. The screenwriters (Didion and Dunne)turn Hemingway's own short story against him. Their ploy is to present the film as an accurate representation of a brief moment in time and to intimate that Hemingway's short story is, to some extent, an unfaithful--or, at least, incomplete--account of the actual event. It does this marvelous inversion by hinting that the male lead is Hemingway and then ... Read More
Rating:  - An excellent set of shorts, based on short story classics
These 3 short pieces were unexpectedly excellent. The actors involved are - of course - stars, but the title suggests sexy late-night viewing. They are about seduction, but they are also about how to realize a short story on the screen and how bring a character fully to life in a few minutes. The first two pieces have stuck in my mind ever since I first saw them, especially the second.
In the first piece, Beau Bridges is a smooth, sleazy traveling salesman on the make. If he didn't ... Read More
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