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A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

I really loved this show. It has beautiful women, a good story, and good acting. By far the most breathtaking acting is from Tara Fitzgerald. She knocked this out of the park. Tara plays a somewhat reserved conservative wife of a religious husband. The church has sent the husband to review a very controversial painting that depicts a lot of nudity. The husband is supposed to review the painting and try to get the painter, expertly played by Sam Neil, to either tone down the painting or to simply withdraw it from the Museum exhibit. Both the husband but especially the wife are confronted by the painter, his wife and three beautiful models. The wife is soon put into a lot of compromising situations. Will she surrender her values? Will the husband be able to get the Painter to withdraw or change the painting? You will have a great time watching this show to find out.

Shortly after arriving in Australia vicar Anthony Campion is asked by his Bishop to pay a visit to controversial artist Norman Lindsay whose works are considered vulgar at best, blasphemous at worst in order to persuade him to withdraw a particularly shocking picture from an upcoming exhibition. He is accompanied by his wife Estella to Lindsay's remote home; inevitably he and Lindsay don't see eye to eye on many things. They are only meant to be there for one night but after the next train is derailed they find themselves staying much longer than planned. Estella gets to know Lindsay's models and rather quickly the setting starts to have an effect on her; or lowers her sexual inhibitions to let her be who she really was.Given that this film only has a '15' certificate it is surprisingly erotic at times; it manages to avoid being sleazy though. The story is simple enough but well told. Hugh Grant is good as Anthony Campion, although it is a role like many he has played… the rather flustered Englishman. The best acting comes form Tara Fitzgerald; to my mind she is the real star of this film as it is far more about her character than that of her husband; her portrayal of Estella's gradually growing sexual feelings is done believably and her pale complexion stands in contrast to the tanned Australians. The rest of the cast are also pretty good; including Elle Macpherson who is obviously much better known for her modelling work. There is a quite a bit of full nudity, both female and male and a bit of swearing so if that bothers you then this isn't the film for you; if however it doesn't then this is well worth checking out.

This film is not simply about eroticism. You cannot judge this film by this subject alone. Obvious it is about the contradiction between sexual seduction and Christian morality some hundred years ago. But it is also a homage to 19the century (English) symbolist sensuality-painting. For instance Opelia (Millais 1852). The 'fatale women' were also an important subject in this time. That's why the film is called Sirens. The 'paintings' and the female actors shown, reminds me most of Belgian painter and illustrator Rops (1833-1898). The film seems in someway anachronistic, because in the time the cars you see in the film, the artists painted in a more modern way. In the time of these English painters the cars were coaches. Reading more about this film, I understood that Norman Lindsay was a real Australian artist in the film depicted in the 30's. When he really lived as in this film he was living the dream of this symbolistic painters. The film nevertheless is a very good try to let us see this imaginary world. For most(?) of us it is important to have art to escape from reality.

A soft-core, high-minded daydream about the liberating sensuality of art. Sometimes the sirens in the film (Elle MacPherson, Kate Fischer and Portia de Rossi are the others) tickle one another merrily, and sometimes they talk about whether sea slugs make a good aphrodisiac.The story is based on a real artist, Norman Lindsay(Sam Neill)and there was a real Anglican priest (played by Hugh Grant) sent to convince him to withdraw his "Crucified Venus" from exhibition. The film is set on Campion's estate and features his work throughout.It is a little wild, silly at times, and features explicit nudity and sexual situations. Perfect introduction to Hugh Grant's abilities.