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| Tytuł oryginalny: |
Dream Lover |
| Tytuł polski: |
Wyśniona kochanka |
| Rok produkcji: |
1994 |
| Kraj: |
United States |
| Reżyseria: |
Nicholas Kazan |
| Obsada: |
James Spader, Madchen Amick, Bess Armstrong, Fredric Lehne, Larry Miller, Kathleen York, Blair Tefkin, Scott Coffey, Clyde Kusatsu, William Shockley |
Opis:
Ray jest młodym, uroczym i odnoszącym sukcesy architetem. Posiada własną firmę, która bardzo dobrze prosperuje. Niestety, całkiem niedawno rozpadło się jego małżeństwo. Przyjaciele usiłują go pocieszyć, pokazując pozytywne strony bycia wolnym. Jednak dla Raya stabilizacja jest szalenie ważna. Kiedy jednak spotyka Lenę, szybko zapomina o smutku. Jest piękna, zmysłowa i tajemnicza, a Ray zakochuje się w niej bez pamięci. Szybko się pobierają, na świat przychodzi pierwsze dziecko, a Ray jest wniebowzięty. Po jakimś czasie zaczynają się dziać dziwne rzeczy, rzucające światło na przeszłość Leny. Ray zaczyna zdawać sobie sprawę, że właściwie prawie nic bliższego o żonie nie wie. Kogo naprawdę poślubił?
How well can you really know the one you love? Oscar nominee Nicholas Kazan explores this question in his "sensuous, deadly game of romantic cat and mouse.;After a bitter divorce, wealthy architect Ray (Spader) fears hell never love again and until he bumps into sexy, sophisticated Lena (Amick) and sparks begin to fly. Before long, they are happily married and have a family, but when Rays suspicious nature get the best of him and he begins to investigate Lenas past, what he finds may not only threaten the state of their marriage...but also Rays life!;James Spader and Madchen Amick star in this "smart, diabolical thriller" (The New York Times) about a recently married man who suspects that his wifes past is not what shes led him to believe.
Dream Lover (d/c) [DVD] (DVD);Dream Lover", what a great and suggestive title!;I watched this film with my friend Radiant Raphael. He is a great fan of Madchen Amick (the A of Madchen has an umlaut on it, the name is German for "girl"), whom he describes as "voluptuous". I was amazed that Amicks character, Lena, is able to have sex without removing her pearl necklace. Surely that must be uncomfortable? Or is that the point?;I am also amazed that James Spader (Ray) can even make pushing a supermarket trolley seem sexy. I do, however, have a quibble with the hair department. The gel was a terrible idea. After "Mannequin" and "Bad Influence", Spader should have had a clause inserted in all his contracts saying, "Will not wear hair gel unless playing a geek", alongside his "no full frontal nudity" clause.;Fans of Ms Amick will be delighted to learn that she had no such clause. The brief scene where we see her naked does seem rather contrived. In other words, this film contains sleazy, gratuitous nudity! It also contains Spader as a devious blonde yuppie, which is also good. Certainly, he did play other roles in films that appeared between 1987 and 1996, but he also played enough "devious blonde yuppie" characters for his name to come up when a search engine looked for the phrase.;The DBY label does not answer the question: is Ray an okay guy with a nasty side (his first wife left because he hit her once) or is he going to turn out to be evil? Spader is very good at doing enigmatic characters who may turn out to be nice, or may not...;Even one of Rays friends tells him he is "disgusting". He does not mean it literally: he means he envies Ray for being young, successful and gorgeous. Note to hair department: young and gorgeous. I do not understand why they wanted to suggest Ray was "mutton dressed as lamb" by combining boyish waviness with a severe side parting that suggested Rays hair was receding.;My favourite prop was undoubtedly Lenas diaphragm. It is quite rare for a film featuring heterosexual sex to mention contraception! I can only think of two of Spaders other films that do: there is a condom joke in "The Rachel Papers" and a reference to a diaphragm and coitus interruptus in "Speaking of Sex".;Ironically, as far as I can recall, this is the only one of Spaders films where he has to interact with a baby. He looked very affectionate towards it.;The little interlude with the baby made a pleasant contrast to the many scenes of Ray and Lenas marriage. It was clearly going pear-shaped (as in "going wrong").;Raphael and I both enjoyed the carnival fantasy/dream sequences. The script was good in places. I liked the bit where attractive breasts were described as resembling pears! Maybe there are times when "going pear-shaped" is a good thing to do!;However, there are a lot of holes in the plot. Amazon will not let me include spoilers. Suffice it to say that I had questions regarding the following: DNA, whether somebody is spitting, how drugged Billy would be if spitting does take place, laws relating to psychiatric patients and the ethical codes adhered to by lawyers! I was also confused by the timescale when somebody mentioned the age of the little girl.;Raphael says this is his favourite out of all 16 Spader films that I have made him sit through. I dont think it is in the same league as "sex, lies and videotape" or "The Stickup". I would also have preferred for Lena to be more assertive when it really mattered. It is not in my top half dozen favourite Spader films, all of which begin with S. It holds the attention, so I give it three points.;I am adding another point because of the contraception. Dreams dont get people pregnant, but real sex has consequences, and it would be nice if fiction reflected that a bit more.
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| Obraz: |
1.85 |
| Czas trwania: |
99 min |
| Dźwięk: |
English Dolby Digital, Dolby Surround, French Dolby Digital, Dolby Surround, German Dolby Digital, Dolby Surround |
| Napisy: |
brak polskich, English, French, German |
| Polska wersja językowa: |
brak |
| Dodatki: |
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| Region: |
Region 2 (Polska, Europa) |
| Ilość dysków: |
1 |
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