sex, lies, and videotape
by Steven Soderbergh
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Actor: Andie MacDowell, James Spader, Laura San Giacomo, Peter Gallagher, Ron VawterDirector: Steven Soderbergh
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Walt Lloyd
Editor: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: Steven Soderbergh
Producer: John Hardy
Producer: Morgan Mason
Producer: Nancy Tenenbaum
Producer: Nick Wechsler
Producer: Robert F. Newmyer
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-10-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of sex, lies, and videotape
Movie Review: Strangely Curious
Summary: 4 Stars
I was glad to finally see this film (on HDNet), but like most everyone I found it very strange. Yes it's about sex, but more the psychogical diversity each of us has when it comes to sex. Some want it more than others, some have to have it in certain circumstances, some don't really care for it, and some achieve it in perverted ways.
The storyline is not too abstarct so it's easy to follow, but throughout the movie I was constantly trying to re-figure each character. My perception of each changed as the movie went along, paricualry Graham, who seemed less creepy as the movie went along as we begin to understand the underlying reasons for his problem.
There is certainly a dark under-tone to this movie and much suspense, so it was rather engaging. However, I did find the ending to be abrupt, but I guess we're meant to be left to figure out what exactly happned between Ann and Graham. I figure there ending is happier than that of John's, who seems to get everything he deserves for his infidelity.
Overall this was a very good film, however I don't think it's worth adding to my "elite" collection ;-)
Summary of sex, lies, and videotape
When a long lost college friend working on a very personal project moves back to town the relationships between a philandering husband his wife and his wifes sister are forever transformed in this smart and seductive comic original. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 08/31/2004 Starring: James Spader Peter Gallagher Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R Director: Steven SoderberghWinner of the Palm d'Or and Best Actor awards at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, sex, lies, and videotape transformed the independent film industry and turned writer-director Steven Soderbergh into the envy of aspiring filmmakers everywhere. Sly, seductive, and coolly intelligent, the movie explores the sexual shenanigans and personal preoccupations of its four central characters, revolving around a selfish lawyer (Peter Gallagher) who responds to his wife by having an affair with her free-spirited sister (Laura San Giacomo). But when the lawyer's college roommate (James Spader) arrives for an unexpectedly extended visit, the neglected wife (Andie MacDowell) is surprisingly responsive to his seductive hobby of videotaping women as they describe their sexual fantasies. It's his way of compensating for impotence, but the curious wife considers this a sexual challenge, and Soderbergh turns sex, lies, and videotape into a fascinating chamber piece that puts a decidedly different spin on the consequences of infidelity. Balanced on a risky and finely tuned performance by Spader, the film delivers frisky passion and emotional intrigue, and yet much of its allure is found in the exchange of secrets and the hidden mysteries of sexual desire. --Jeff Shannon
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