- Also Known As:
- Unknown
- Year:
- 1969
- Country:
- Predominant Genre:
- Romance
- Director:
- Best Performances:
- Premiss:
- Battle of the sexes among the
so-called elite. - Themes:
- Alienation
- Compassion
- Loneliness
- Original Sin
- Personal change
- Political Correctness
- Self-expression
- Sexual Repression
- White culture
- White guilt
- White supremacy
- Similar (in Plot, Theme or Style) to:
- Unknown
- Review Format:
- DVD
Could just as easily have been called Men in Love since this focuses equally well on the same-sex friendships and complementary-sex relationships of four protagonists. But, above all else, is the sensuality evoked throughout this beautiful-looking movie.
Director Ken Russell’s style perfectly suits D H Lawrence’s earthy and poetic prose with a mannered style that teeters on the edge of self-indulgence but never quite crosses the line.
This film depicts the complexities of friendship and sexual love with frankness and honesty in a way that few today can match. The voyage of self-discovery undertaken by the female leads is as erotically-charged as that taken by the audience in sitting through this fine movie. The performances from all concerned are quite faultless and are some of their best work.
The only internecine conflict here is between the director’s technique and the characters since the director is a character in his own right and, as in the worst kind of special-effects’ movie, can sometimes overwhelm the actors with his style.
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