Past Tense (1994)

Title: Past Tense
Released: 1994
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Country: USA
Language: English

Comments: Intriguing, good suspense film. Not a confusing film, but an intriguing one. Viewers learn more and more, and in the end everything is wrapped up and nothing is left without explanation. Early on it calls to mind The Lady Vanishes (1937)...but it is different than that. Later on it calls to mind, to some degree, Jacob's Ladder (1990), but it is not that film either. There are aspects that almost seem surreal, until we gradually learn what is going on - there is a definite resolution; this is not like the stereotype of a David Lynch film. A good suspense film that deals with memory and identity and their unravelling as a mystery. Lara Flynn Boyle is especially attractive here: softer and not as extremely, frighteningly thin as she has been recently.

Cast overview:
Scott Glenn .... Gene Ralston
Anthony LaPaglia .... Larry Talbert
Lara Flynn Boyle .... Tory Bass/Sabrina James
David Ogden Stiers .... Dr. Bert James
Sheree J. Wilson .... Emily Talbert (as Sheree Wilson)
Marita Geraghty .... Dawn Tripplet
Duane Davis .... Alex Poole
Ned Van Zandt .... Frank Butler
Corey Gunnestad .... Lightning Florist
Mark Phelan .... Crime Scene Cop
Marianne Muellerleile .... Moving Co. Receptionist/Nurse
Joe Lala .... Car Washer
Kevin Michael Richardson .... Arresting Cop
Babe Valera .... Elevator Nurse
Richard Armbruster .... Security Guard

Movie scenes preview:
Scene #1

Scene Description: Lara Flynn Boyle having her top unbuttoned to reveal a black bra which a guy then rubs and then having that removed to have sex on the floor showing us her breasts.

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