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Bliss Movie
Bliss Description:
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Starring: Antonio Passolini moves from ebullient, otherwordly thrills of "Cafe Flesh 2" and "Devil in Miss Jones 6" to this dark and dour look at the crack-up of three couples who eventually share other's partners before descending into a personal angst. The title is meant to ironic. Fetching Juli Ashton is the sexually aimless wife of Joel Lawrence, who's oblivious to his wife infidelity. Tina Tyler is the icy bisexual wife of miserable Tony Tedeschi, another cheat who opens the film boning Juli in her bathroom while Joel and Tina chat unaware in the kitchen. Then there's womanizing Steve Hatcher who dumps his bile on girlfriend Nikita. Before the two-hour video wraps, they will all swap partners and spiral into sexual oblivion.
Passolini the director captures the anger, frustration and self-loathing that combine to implode so many relationships. The opening scene between Tedeschi and Juli is a superb example of people using one another for reasons even they aren't sure of. But Passolini the writer has more problems. His dialogue frequently bogs down in inane small talk, and his actors have too few big moments that explain their displeasure with life.
Passolini wants the sex scene to spell that out, and some those pairings are powerful. Ashton is particularly good during her girl-girl with Tina when she exposes her budding bisexuality. During one of the best moments, Joel and the abused Nikita find solace with a ripping hump after he drives her home from a dinner party.
Overall, the actors deliver. Joel is his usual good-natured self, Tedeschi taps his grating side, and Tina has the ice queen bit down. But the best performance belongs to Steve Hatcher as the bitter catalyst who sets off many of the story's subplots and gets his at the end of a terrific scene with bar pick-up Chloe. And hats-off to Chloe for stealing another video with a smashing supporting role.
Juli Ashton is the only performer who seems lost in her role. Her character is supposed to be unfocused, but she lacks the core that makes Nikita a heart-breaker and Tina so cold.
An 8. Not the classic some think, but a solid attempt at something more grounded from a fascinating director.
Posted By Miles, www.excaliburfilms.com | 10/12/06 1:58 PM
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Certificate of Compliance For Bliss DVD
Custodian Of Records Bliss DVD
(U.S.C. TITLE 18, SECTION 2257 COMPLIANCE)
Primary Producer of Bliss DVD: In compliance with United States Code, Title 18, Section 2257, all models, actors, actresses and other persons who appear in Bliss DVD or any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct appearing or otherwise contained in Bliss DVD or at this web site were over the age of eighteen years at the time of the creation of such depictions; Or the graphic images of Bliss DVD contained within this website are exempt from the requirements of 18 U.S.C. S2257 of Title 18, United States Code and the regulations of 75 C.F.R. §75 because they were produced prior to July 3, 1995. The records required by Section 2257 of Title 18, United States Code with respects to this video tape, and all graphical materials associated there with on which this Bliss DVD label appears are kept by the Custodian of Records at the office of the manufacturer at the following location: Sean Barrios, Custodian of Records, VCA Labs, Inc., 8484 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. VCA Video hereby certifies that Bliss DVD Movie is in compliance with the labeling requirements of Section 2257 of Title 18, United States Code, and all commercial resellers of Bliss DVD may here upon rely.
Secondary Producer of Bliss DVD: In compliance with United States Code, Title 18, Section 2257, all models, actors, actresses and other persons who appear in Bliss DVD or any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct appearing or otherwise contained in Bliss DVD Video or at this web site were over the age of eighteen years at the time of the creation of such depictions; Or the graphic images of Bliss DVD contained within this website are exempt from the requirements of 18 U.S.C. S2257 of Title 18, United States Code and the regulations of 75 C.F.R. §75 because they were produced prior to July 3, 1995. The records required by Section 2257 of Title 18, United States Code with respects to this video tape, and all graphical materials associated there with on which this Bliss DVD label appears are archived for and on behalf of Movie Film Fest by the Custodian of Records at the office of the manufacturer at the following location: Sean Barrios, Custodian of Records, VCA Labs, Inc., 8484 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. VCA Video hereby certifies for and on behalf of Movie Film Fest that Bliss DVD Film is in compliance with the labeling requirements of Section 2257 of Title 18, United States Code, and Movie Film Fest may here upon rely.
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