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Bitter Moon [DVD] [1992]

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  • Actors: Peter Coyote, Emmanuelle Seigner, Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Victor Banerjee
  • Directors: Roman Polanski
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Uca
  • DVD Release Date: 16 Aug 2004
  • Run Time: 133 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0002OI01A
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 32,379 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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On a cruise to Istanbul in celebration of their seventh wedding anniversary, uptight British couple Nigel (Hugh Grant) and Fiona (Kristin Scott Thomas) encounter American expatriate Oscar (Peter Coyote), a wheelchair-bound unpublished novelist traveling with his young French wife, Mimi (Emmanuelle Seigner). Nigel is immediately drawn to the sexy but distant Mimi, and Oscar, sensing the other man's fascination with his wife, takes him aside to recount in exhibitionistic detail the sordid tale of their once-passionate love affair, which gradually deteriorated into a series of increasingly sadistic and degrading sex games. In flashback scenes, it soon becomes clear that the self-serving Oscar represents the corrosive element in the couple's relationship--though the tables will eventually be turned. BITTER MOON provides several jarring twists, the last of which is especially unexpected, and no one escapes unscathed from this titillating yet excruciating menage-a-quatre. Polanski's erotic melodrama received mixed reviews but earned ardent praise from fans who appreciated the filmmaker's return to the themes (first treated in 1962's KNIFE IN THE WATER) of dark sexuality and thinly veiled violence in intimate relationships.

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31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars my all time most favourite film EVER!, 18 April 2006
By Ms. E. L. Bullimore "elle" (england) - See all my reviews
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Since watching this film for the first time, it has fast become my favourite film and I have bought 5 copies as gifts, watched it over and over and have forced ALL of my friends to watch it. I'm a bit obsessive like that...

... and this film about obsession cannot fail to tap into that obsessive nature.

At times sexy, at times dark, at times hilariously funny, incredibly moving and at other times... completely surreal... this film offers something fresh and original and cannot fail to entertain. Cleverly shot, I recommend you watch carefully... you will notice something new each time that will get you thinking!

I can't recommend this film enough!
Watch it... and show to all your friends... but don't tell them what it is about... the strange quirks that make it so original come as a wonderful surprise....
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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars THE LAST TANGO IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 16 Oct 2000
By Vladimir Sergachev (Murmansk, Russie) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bitter Moon [VHS] [1992] (VHS Tape)
That is maybe the only movie from those usually named "erotic" that you can put on your shelf together with "The last tango in Paris". One can write about this film a lot, but I will concentrate on what makes you watch it for the second, third, fourth time. It is a movie about Passion, about the time in a relationship when there is no point of return, about when love and hate are one deep feeling, which is called Passion. The story is not what is the most interesting here, the characters are. All four are brilliantly casted by Roman Polanski. Two girls show two totally different sexualities: one open, aggressive (Emmanuelle Seigner) and the other (Kristine Scott Thomas)- hidden, but it's like a volcano inside a sleeping mountain. When Seigner pours milk over herself during usual breakfast it's one of the most exciting moments in cinema, forget "9 and 1/2 weeks". Two male characters also oppose one another: Peter Coyote, a-never-will-be-Scott-Fitzgerald, who wants to reach an end in everything, whatever it will bring to him; and Hugh Grant, an emotional coward afraid of anything connected to deep feelings. The story of Coyote and Seigner relationship affects differently the other pair but to reveal in what way will kill some part of potential viewer's interest...
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant Movie !!, 11 Mar 2004
By Deependra Bisht (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bitter Moon [VHS] [1992] (VHS Tape)
Bitter moon was quite a different movie. I enjoyed watching it and have in fact watched it many times again, I somehow feel that the story line-up is superb and the director has done justice to the script. The four main cast's have given a great performance and lived up to the expectation. Hugh grant looked great as usual, and Peter Coyote was awesome ...

The movie presents the pendulum-like swing of the dynamic between Oscar and Mimi (Emmanuelle Seigner)-- from obsession and love to dependence and hatred -- it is just fascinating.

Overall an enjoyable movie ... should suit the people who have the taste for soft movies ( not for the die hard action movie fans ).

Happy watching !!

Deependra Bisht

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