Skin & Bone

Skin & Bone
by Everett Lewis

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Movie Review: A Bit of Both
Summary: 4 Stars

The film is a mix of "styles" ranging from the Andy Warholschool of "Oh, My God! I Can't Believe How Wretched This Film Is!" to moments evoking both "pity and horror," the yardstick by which all Attic tragedy is measured.

While Mr. Edkin places SKIN AND BONE in the "genre" of hustler
films and proceeds to name his chosen few, I am, as yet, unaware
there exists such a genre. A handful of films upon a common ground do not a genre make. A film, like a play, is "grounded" upon stakes for the central characters, as Mr. Edkin states. But stakes do not a "theme" make. What "drives" a character, his stake, whether in film or stage play, is borne out of the aggragate of his autobiography.

It would be nearly impossible for any film or play to begin at the "beginning." A plot will usually begin "in media res" (in the middle) and work toward a denouement with backward glances as required for an understanding of "how" a character's life became "staked" and entangled in the lives of the other characters.

SKIN AND BONE needs to be watched more than once in order that the subtleties (and there *are* subtleties) of the film become apparent. You will, I warrant, find the existential dimension of the two leading characters' lives as alluded to by "a viewer" to represent, overall, the more reliable and *intuitive* of the the two postings.

SKIN AND BONES holds a place in my dvd collection along side LILIES, WILD REEDS, LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! and GODS AND MONSTERS.

Sterling company.

Summary of Skin & Bone