Liebestraum
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Movie Reviews of Liebestraum
Movie Review: Scary for Grown Ups!
Summary: 5 Stars
Before "Leaving Las Vegas" Mike Figgis directed this rather nasty adult thriller which features Kim Novak's most recent film appearance to date. She's brilliant in this small part as a dying woman reunited with the son she gave up for adoption. As she slips into morphine induced dementia, he stumbles into...incest?...adultery?...ghosts?... I'm not sure but anyway, my blood ran cold for weeks. This is recommended especially to people who miss Ken Russell's exuberant directorial excesses!Movie Review: A+ Mystery, Photography,Music,Actors
Summary: 5 Stars
Everything about this movie is interesting...I consider it a modern film noir psychological crime mystery with great music (Earl Bostic,for one) and photography of buildings, people, shadow and light. The ending to the mystery is amazing and never suspected by me. Like Vertigo, Sudden Fear, Dead Again, Dead Gorgeous, Seconds, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and others, Liebestraum inspires many viewings for new clues to the mystery.Movie Review: Noirish and sexy
Summary: 4 Stars
Perhaps because I first saw this on VHS in the early nineties, I might have an advantage over those who find this movie turgid. OK, there are holes in the basic story of adultery and commerce embodied in the wonderful cast-iron skeletoned building. That is hardly a handicap for the genre. I'm also surprised there are so few mentions of the sexual heat in the scenes between Nick and Jane, beginning with his stumbling around at the party. Let me comment that I often find sex scenes in movies not terribly sexy. However, the scene between Nick and Jane in his hotel room IS sizzling. (I also think Ms. Godley had a good lingerie budget for this scene. ) In additon, as someone who wandered about in Binghamton, NY in the mid seventies, the period buildings in this Southern Tier city have seldom looked so good. ( I wish I knew where that bar is located in the city.) This is a favorite, though flawed movie. It was certainly an early indication of how lively Figgis' imagaination is.Movie Review: great music does not a convincing story make...
Summary: 3 Stars
Viewers sensitive to music,photography, and photogenic actors, may love this film, even be stunned by it. As often with highly 'esthetic' films, however, where the filmmaker expresses his love for music, painting, fetish actor etc..., other essential components can suffer. Here the story is predictable (character as fate repeating itself in the next generation formula) and for me the characters don't come alive--not so that I care about them anyway. True, the (attentive) viewer will discover a surprize plot twist near the end---does anyone care when it comes? There are great issues lurking here: quality of our life (compassion, love, beauty, craftsmanship) opposed to the quick buck with no heed to consequences. The male lead architect and his old classmate's wife-photographer who long to self discover by opening their feelings as opposed to demolition boss and mother (Novak) who destroy sooner than allow themselves to feel. But I'm afraid these 'great issues' lurk rather than come alive, with the consequence that I the spectator was uninvolved and unmoved. Mike Figgis had potentially precious raw material (including a charismatic leading man): will he someday, like a great filmmaker, turn the dross to gold?Movie Review: Incorrect information
Summary: 3 Stars
Whoever said that Liebestraum is the name of a song by Schumann is quite incorrect. I am a pianist and I enjoy playing Liebestraum, it is a beautiful piece -- by Franz Liszt. Check your sources next time.
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