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Director:
James Toback
Writer:
James Toback (writer)
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Release Date:
22 April 1983 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Music more
Plot:
Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind and escapes to New York... more | add synopsis
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Nastassja Kinski seduces the camera without ego. She's the film. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nastassja Kinski ... Elizabeth Carlson
Rudolf Nureyev ... Daniel Jelline

Harvey Keitel ... Rivas

Ian McShane ... Greg Miller
Bibi Andersson ... Margaret
Ron Randell ... Curt
Pierre Clémenti ... Vic
Dov Gottesfeld ... Marcel

James Russo ... Nick
Marion Varella ... Bridget Gormann
Murray Moston ... Hotel Manager
Stephanie Farrow ... Waitress
Carmen ... Lois Straub
Daisy Carrington ... Daisy Carlson
Carl Lee ... Duke
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min | Germany:95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
French | English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R
Company:
United Artists more

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Soundtrack:
The Shoop Shoop Song more

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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Nastassja Kinski seduces the camera without ego. She's the film., 15 August 2004
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Author: (victor7754@hotmail.com) from St John

Exposed showcases Nastassja Kinski's enigmatic beauty. She is beauty without ego. A rare trait in this day and age of vanity ridden films. Her presence is most rewarding in a rather awkward film. James Toback directed the film to showcase Kinski and expected her to become a superstar after it's release. This did not happen.

Kinski is a phenomenon on screen and is a perfect example of star presence. She did it in Polanksi's handsome Tess, Wender's, Paris Texas, and Coppola's One From The Heart. However, it is Toback's Exposed that captures her primitive nature at its core. Her exotic beauty combined with an esoteric knowledge hidden behind those dark eyes is intimidating and hypnotic. It was if Director Toback said to Kinski: " Just be yourself." It is unique to witness how this actress can be captured so unattractive then in the right light become the most radiant unusual striking figure of defined beauty. This is what the famous directors who seduced her saw in her.

There is something very sexy about the film as Kinski gets transformed from farm girl to high fashion model. Beauty and the beast unfold as idealism and terrorism seduce young sexy women to act out their rebel idealistic cause in a Capitalistic world. It is understandable why two Romantic Men would pursue such a cover girl as Kinski. She is exquisite at times and striking to the senses. She plays a free spirit very well, a Goddess to the nymph.

The film has some cool 60's rock interwoven in the story, :"Locomotion" and "La Bamba" play as Kinski discovers her new world. The Shoop Shoop Song by Betty Everett has Kinski dancing alone to the spirits of desire.

Rudolph Nureyev has a perverse sexiness that somehow balances Kinski's exotic nature. He plays her like a violin to foul a terrorist who killed his father. There is a scene where they look like vampires as pretense surrounds Published photos in a gallery showcasing Kinski. Shame on Toback for not drawing us nearer or shame on the photographer for allowing pettiness not to allow the camera to explore the photos. It was a pivotal moment in the film to prove to the audience why this actress was the "one."

Toback keeps the viewer away at times from the action. It was as if he could only do one take.

Exposed is alluring like it's star. Don't even pay attention to the world that surrounds Kinski. Just watch her. She has been Exposed.

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