A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.
A fledgling Staten Island journalist witnesses a brutal murder in the neighboring apartment of a French-Canadian model, but the police do not believe that the crime took place. With the help of a private detective, she seeks out the truth.
Director:
Brian De Palma
Stars:
Margot Kidder,
Jennifer Salt,
Charles Durning
A young artist draws a face at a canvas on his easel. Suddenly the mouth on the drawing comes into life and starts talking. The artist tries to wipe it away with his hand, but when he looks... See full summary »
Director:
Jean Cocteau
Stars:
Enrique Rivero,
Elizabeth Lee Miller,
Pauline Carton
An emotionally fragile woman recently released from a mental hospital for self mutilation goes to school to gain secretarial skills to gain employment. She has an alcoholic father and a co-dependent mother who are clueless as to who she really is which a tormented soul who really wants to find something with which she can find success. She is a great secretary and finds a job with a unique, old fashioned, but off center in charge boss with a somewhat sadistic sexual proclivity. She grows and evolves and so does he.Written by
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The soundtrack includes a little-known Little Richard song, "Directly From My Heart to You," (a B-side that didn't chart when it was first released), which is playing early in the movie during Lee's sister's wedding reception. Interestingly, this song also appears in another film featuring actor Patrick Bauchau (Lee's therapist in the movie), the film "The Rapture" (1991). See more »
Goofs
The classified ad at the beginning of the film indicated Grey's office street number was 2640, but a letter that Lee hand-addresses to him later in the film shows a street number of 2540. This may have been an intentional mistake on her part as she had been making mistakes on purpose for several days trying to get Grey to punish her. Besides that, why would she put the office address on an envelope for Grey that she is preparing in his office and thus is not something she'll need to mail? (She did not include her return address on the envelope) See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Lee:
[narrating]
I got out of the institution on the day of my sister's wedding. I had started to get used to the place. Breakfast at 8:00, classes at 2:00. Therapy at 4:00, and asleep by 10:00.
Dr. Twardon:
[Lee's doctor says goodbye]
You can call me any time, Lee. I will always try to be of help to you.
Lee:
[narrating]
Inside, life was simple.
Lee:
[Lee hugs her doctor]
Thank you, Dr. Twardon.
Lee:
[narrating]
For that reason, I was reluctant to go.
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Crazy Credits
The legal disclaimer has typing errors:
"fictitious" is misspelled "ficticious"
"unintentional" is misspelled "unitentional"
unauthorized use of the film is warned as resulting in "civil liberty" instead of "civil liability"
Directly from My Heart to You
Performed by Little Richard
Written by Little Richard (as Richard W. Penniman)
Courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc./Ace Records Ltd./Blues Interactions, Inc. See more »
I watched this with my boyfriend and we both thought it was
romantic... in a weird sort of way. It's really just an old fashioned
love story where boy meets girl and both have a shared affinity for
some kinky good-lovin'.
An interestingly told tale, it grabs you right from the beginning and
makes you want to keep watching to see where the characters go.
You're absolutely mesmerized by the transformation of Lee and Mr.
Grey -- great casting. I'm a huge James Spader fan and it seemed
like he really hit the jackpot with this truly unique character. It's not
some angry man/submissive woman story. Both characters have
an equal hold on one another and they both hold the power of
change over each other's lives. It's extraordinary to see the focus
and sense of power Lee has over her boss, even in her most
submissive poses. This movie has nothing to do with subverting
women or portraying men as physical monsters.
Love is everywhere. Even in the most unique people. I recommend
this movie to people willing to see a new twist on the old love story.
It's also quite funny and poignant; not gratuitous at all.