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An Italian diplomat's son (Christopher Walken) follows and seduces English lovers (Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson) in Venice.
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Rating: R
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Paul Schrader
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Producer: Angelo Rizzoli Jr.
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Walken is perfectly cast here but I mostly liked watching this for the odd melding of McEwan's source material, Pinter's screenplay adaptation, and Schrader's direction.
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"The Comfort of Strangers" is hardly groundbreaking. In fact most of the film is so insignificant that without the intriguing ending the film would have simply floated away. Thankfully the acting is top notch (Natasha Richardson, Rupert Everett, Christopher Walken and Helen Mirren) are all well suited to the material. They are skilled actors who do well with Harold Pinter's dialogue. In fact, "The Comfort of Strangers" would make a good companion piece to Pinter's older screenplay "The Servant." This picture is rather easy to read, simply put it's about the death of beauty but it's competently made and has an interesting ending making it worth at least one viewing.
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A study of how a director can control performances, tone, editing and cinematography to create an overwhelming mood of menace.
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