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Barfly (Barbet Schroeder, 1987)

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Single White Female (1992)

For what it is, Single White Female is an imperfect - but good - movie. Since its release in 1992, it's been imitated to death, which can make it "predictable" but I won't hold this erotic thriller's success against it.

After Allison (Bridget Fonda) breaks up with her fiancé and puts an ad asking for a roommate (Single White Female seeking professional roommate), she settles on Hedra “Hedy” Carlson (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Hedy becomes more than a roommate. She's a great friend. She goes above and beyond to help Allison by confronting her ex-fiancé when he refuses to leave her alone (Steven Weber plays Sam, the ex) and comforting her whenever things are tough. Unfortunately, this affection is hiding a dangerously unstable personality.

It’s hard to say exactly how much of this film is predictable. I’ve seen it all before but only in movies that came after Single White Female. At times it does everything you expect it to - but not always. The conclusion, for instance, subverts your expectations by doing something completely different. Certain elements unique to this film make it better than your run-of-the-mill killer roommate/stepfather/adopted sibling/godmother. For instance, the casting: both Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh have that plain girl look that makes them attractive (you get to see both of them naked, and often, as this is an erotic thriller) and as the movie progresses, you realize how similar they look. It isn’t immediately obvious, but as Hedy begins to change her wardrobe, her mannerisms, and hair… they almost become twins. You didn't see the resemblance right away, which adds a whole new level of creepiness. What will Allison do with this skill? Frame her? Take over her identity?

The picture also works as an erotic thriller. There’s even some stuff thrown in there for the ladies (assuming the idea of seeing Leigh and/or Fonda naked doesn’t appeal to you). It’s got moments to make you feel all icky about sex, but also some that will get you aroused. You may be able to foresee what's coming but when you think about it, that’s the case for most movies. Couples get together, villains get defeated, bombs get defused. This is another reason not to hold the "standard" elements of Single White Female against it. There are times where these could've been handled more elegantly. Overall, it’s pretty good, and even when you hit a rough patch, the actresses keep you watching.

I don’t want to make it sound like I am apologizing for Single White Female. It's worth a watch even if you've seen some of the many knockoffs (The Roommate) or other, eerily similar pictures (Fatal Attraction for example). It’s a good movie with some pleasant surprises, more than a few clever moments, compelling performances, and a great climax. That’s more than enough to recommend any film. (On DVD, August 24, 2015)

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🎼 CINE | El Misterio Von Bülow (1990) 🔗 Reseña completa + film en el blog del Café: 👉 https://memoriasdelcafe.blogspot.com/2025/06/el-misterio-von-bulow-1990.html

🇺🇸 Estados Unidos · Dir. Barbet Schroeder 🎬 Idioma: Doblada al Español · Drama judicial basado en hechos reales

Una mujer rica cae en coma. Un marido excéntrico, acusado. Una defensa brillante que lo cambia todo. Y detrás, el silencio gélido de una mansión.

Jeremy Irons es hipnótico, frío, fascinante. Glenn Close, como la voz de una esposa ausente, nos acompaña desde el más allá. Una historia donde la verdad se disuelve en el cristal fino del privilegio.

✨ Irons deslumbra en un papel inolvidable: distante, ambiguo, magnético. 🔥 El guion mantiene la duda hasta el final: ¿víctima o victimario? 🎻 Música y fotografía sostienen un tono elegante, perturbador.

“¿Cómo se prueba la ausencia del amor?”

– Julio César Pisón Café Mientras Tanto

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"I WAS A BIG FAN OF THE FIRST TWO FLOYD RECORDS..."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a then young French film director Barbet Schroeder (b. 1941), writer-director of the film "More," his feature film debut, and his connection to English psychedelic and/or progressive rock band PINK FLOYD.

"It was a commison for another film, French director Barber Schroeder's earthbound "More," that became their next album. "I was a big fan of the first two Floy records," Schroeder said in 2006. "I thought they were the most extraordinary things I'd ever heard, and I wanted to work with them."

Schroeder flew to London with a copy of his film: a story of drug taking and thrill seeking in Ibiza, and containing a copious amount of artistic nudity. He convinced Pink Floyd to write the soundtrack (for the princely sum of £600 each), but with one caveat.

“Barbet didn’t want a soundtrack to go behind the movie,” Waters said. “He wanted it literally. So if a radio was switched on in a car, he wanted the music to come out of the car. He wanted it to relate to exactly what was happening in the movie.”

More was recorded in a nine-day marathon at London’s Pye studios in early ’69, and released in August. “A lot of the moods in the film were ideally suited to some of the rumblings, squeaks and sound textures we produced on a regular basis,” suggested Mason.

Perhaps surprisingly, More’s curious hybrid of pop, jazz, electronica and even heavy metal made the Top 10. Crucially, songs such as the sweetly melodic "Cymbaline" and "Green is the Colour" pushed David Gilmour’s voice to the fore.

“Doing film music was a path we thought we could follow in the future,” said Gilmour. “It wasn’t that we wanted to stop being a rock’n’roll band, it was more of an exercise.""

-- CLASSIC ROCK/LOUDER SOUND, "How Pink Floyd reinvented themselves and journeyed towards the Dark Side," by Mark Blake, last updated September 20, 2022

Source: www.pressreader.com/uk/classic-rock/20210302/281505048937744.

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French poster for the 1969 film MORE, featuring artwork by Jean Fourastie. #more #ibiza #mimsyfarmer #pinkfloyd #barbetschroeder https://www.instagram.com/p/CMcEWv9JKxg/?igshid=1nnwpzvy4avgw

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Murder by Numbers (2002) Directed and Produced by #BarbetSchroeder Starring #SandraBullock #RyanGosling #MichaelPitt #AgnesBruckner #ChrisPenn #RDCall #BenChaplin #MurderbyNumbers #Hollywood #hollywood #picture #film #movie #cinema #films #theater #movies #movieposter #movieworld #movielovers #movienews #screen https://www.instagram.com/p/CI2Feecg1WI/?igshid=b5uadsl337o9