Kissed
by Lynne Stopkewich
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Actor: Jay Brazeau, Jessie Winter Mudie, Molly Parker, Natasha Morley, Peter OuterbridgeDirector: Lynne Stopkewich
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Producer: Lynne Stopkewich
Writer: Lynne Stopkewich
Producer: Dean English
Producer: Jessica Fraser
Producer: John Pozer
Writer: Angus Fraser
Writer: Barbara Gowdy
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Kissed
Movie Review: A wonderful film based on a wonderful story
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is based on a wonderful, transcendent short story by Barbara Gowdy that's called "We So Seldom Look on Love". It's a very faithful adaptation. The story and movie deal with a young woman's perceptions of the recently dead, the spiritual energy that they radiate, and her very special relations with the departed. The adoration of a body as its energy is blazing away from life to death is presented in such a way as to make the act known as necrophilia into something holy, a spiritual service to the departed, and an act of communion for the lover of the dead.
This excerpt from the prologue of the story gives a good flavor for what you may expect in the film:
"When you die, and your earthly self begins turning into your
disintegrated self, you radiate an intense current of energy. There is
always energy given off when a thing turns into its opposite, when love, for
instance, turns into hate. There are always sparks at those extreme points.
But life turning into death is the most extreme of extreme points. So just
after your die, the sparks are really stupendous. Really magical and explosive.
I've seen cadavers shining like stars. I'm the only person I've ever
heard of who has. Almost everyone senses something, though, some vitality.
That's why you get resistance to the idea of cremation or organ donation. 'I
want to be in one piece,' people say... [but] no matter what you do - slice open the flesh, dissect everything, burn everything - you're in the path of a power way beyond your little
interferences."
The story and the movie are both exquisite creations, remarkable achievements, and carry my highest recommendation.
Summary of Kissed
Cross over into a world where life ends and true passion begins where the thrill of life is not in the living but in the transcendence into death. Kissed is a "gripping" (Vogue) love story that "will haunt you for a good long time" (Rolling Stone).Ever since she was a young girl Sandra has been fascinated with death. When she takes part-time work at a funeral parlor her obsession with the dead begins to consume her every thought and desire. Her secret obsession however interferes with her burgeoning relationship with her boyfriend Matt forcing him to embark on a personal crusade to prove that he will go to great lengths and sacrifices to make her love him!System Requirements:Running Time: 79 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 027616878922 Manufacturer No: 1003765Similar DVD Movies
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