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Driftwood
When Sarah walks alone along the desolate beach one day she find an unconscious man, who has been brought to land by the waves. When he awakens he doesn't remember anything. He has no name and no past. His dependence lies on Sarah. A role that makes her forget her loneliness and she decides to therefore lie about their situation... She says that they are situated on an island, where no one can reach them. From now, his life lies in her hands.
| Release : | 1997 |
| Rating : | 5.4 |
| Studio : | Goldcrest, Blue Dolphin Film Distribution, Setanta, |
| Crew : | Art Direction, Production Design, |
| Cast : | James Spader Anne Brochet Barry McGovern Anna Massey |
| Genre : | Drama Thriller Romance |
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That was an excellent one.
Sorry, this movie sucks
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD!Boring would be complimentary. This movie lacks everything, no drama, no passion, no nothing... It's a mixture of somebody else's ideas (the broken leg? Flowers in the bed while he's asleep? Trying to break his leg again? The man being kept in a bedroom... Her discomforting passion/obsession towards him! Come on!). The soundtrack is even worse than the plot itself. I really don't see the point in having some oh-so-romantic strings highlighting the sentence: "I made apple pie!" Really, don't waste your time watching it. It's absolutely not worth it. Useless.
Do not bother with that!Poor acting(particularly Spader),poor directing,poor cinematography with no sense of space at all.Nudity scenes do not make up for the paucity of the screenplay.The mother trick ,which Alfred HItchcock (and Robert Bloch )invented ,has been used so many times only a very naive viewer will be intrigued.Even the murder recalls "Psycho".Absolutely nothing redeems that.Stay away.
DRIFTWOOD is an outstanding movie focusing on a woman's point of view about men, sex and having a "fantasy man" as a captive in every sense of the word. The acting is superb...James Spader is very believable as an injured sailor rescued by a lonely artist who, unfortunately, is quite mad. Women will appreciate how the camera focuses on the beauty of a man's body and sexual pleasures from a woman's perspective (refreshing!!). The actress playing "Sarah" is absolutely wonderful in a difficult, demanding character study of a woman tormented by the ghosts of her past who seeks only to find love---no matter what it takes. This film is sure to become an "art film" favorite, especially among women who have always dreamed of having a beautiful lover on a remote island, albeit with a different outcome. Enjoy...
I liked this movie.The acting was good and the story believable.The woman had a morbid fear of abandonment and intended to keep the man at all costs.The man's amnesia, though never explained, was credible, and so was his desire to leave.Their sexual relationship was understandable and probably inevitable.The story unfolded naturally, and I cared about the characters. I was never bored and never felt that the action was too slow. It held my interest.I found the epilogue believable, ironic, likely, and haunting.
