Kiss of the Spider Woman [VHS]
by Hector Babenco
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Actor: Jos? Lewgoy, Milton Gon?alves, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, William HurtDirector: Hector Babenco
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language); Portuguese (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 120 minutes
Release Date: 1995-11-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Polygram Video
Studio: Polygram Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Kiss of the Spider Woman [VHS]
Movie Review: Uniquely brilliant
Summary: 5 Stars
The Bottom Line:
Two men, one an intense political dissident (Raul Julia) and one a mild-mannered daydreamer (William Hurt) are in a South American prison cell together; to say more would give up the twists and turns of this fascinating drama and character study, so I will merely exhort you to go out and see this incredibly interesting film which is unlike any other movie I've seen.
3.5/4
Summary of Kiss of the Spider Woman [VHS]
Kiss of the Spider Woman starts out simply enough, hemmed in by the narrow walls of a Latin American prison cell. Molina (William Hurt) is telling his new cellmate, Valentin (Raul Julia), his favorite story. Molina is a delicate homosexual imprisoned for seducing a minor; Valentin is a bearded revolutionary still bleeding from his interrogation. If their film unfolded into the typical prison buddy plot, it'd still be a good movie. But this is a great movie. There are stories twisting within stories, each drawing a new, surprising level of difference between the two heroes: escapism versus realism, romance versus politics, gay versus straight, hero versus coward. As their unstable friendship grows more real, their stories become more vivid--whether Molina's fondly remembered Nazi propaganda noir, Valentin's tortured romantic history, or a tropical island fable told merely to pass the time. (Each substory stars Sonia Braga, a neat bit of casting that further blurs the line between fantasy and reality.) By the end, each man has changed just enough to taste the other's tragedy--a transformation that gives each the strength to define freedom on his own terms, despite the brutality of the prison and the bleak world beyond its walls. --Grant BalfourDrama VHS Video
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