Monday, November 12, 2012
CLASSY SLEAZE
Yesterday's movie was Paul Schrader's
with the young Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton.
I haven't seen this for many years. Maybe when it came out.
It is memorable, if for no other reason, the traverse of Gere's body, all of it. In various angles and poses.
Beyond that, he controls this film very well. The trick is to make us believe that he is in control and has managed to climb the hustler pyramid to the top in LA.
Rich dames.
He meets Hutton and falls in love and convincingly proves that he has a heart. We sort of saw it all along. It helps that we only see him make love with her and not the face job harridans that he "escorts".
He does get his dick caught in the wringer however and gets framed for a murder in Palm Springs!!!
The movie turns into a thriller.
I liked it a lot and might even see it again sometime.
I will give it a 4 out of Netflix5.
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