Title:
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Released: 1990
Genre: Romance
Runtime: 90 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Plot
Summary: Three short stories come to the
screen, each focused on a man and a woman. The first
is set in the 1940s, the other two in the 1920s. In
"The Man in a Brooks Brothers Suit," a businessman
of about 40 plies a younger Leftist women with liquor
aboard a train. They spend the night together, and
he decides he's in love with her. She plays along.
In "Dusk Before Fireworks," Kit, a youthful
flapper, arrives at Hoby's classy flat intent on an
evening of passion. A constantly ringing telephone
interrupts each embrace. In "Hills Like White
Elephants," a couple traveling in Spain discuss
her pregnancy: he wants things to stay as they are,
she sees that notion as a fiction.
Comments:
Watch
it for McGovern. This film is three short films in
one, all inspired by short stories featuring one male
lead and one female lead. James Woods and Melanie
Griffith do a credible job in the Hemingway story,
but the story itself is far superior to this script.
The Dorothy Parker adaptation with Molly Ringwald
and Peter Weller is awful; the two actors appear to
be in two completely different stories. It's Elizabeth
McGovern's performance in "The Man with the Brooks
Brothers Shirt" that makes this tape worth the
price of the rental. Beau Bridges is good as the traveling
salesman, but McGovern's performance as the stranger
he meets on the train is one of the most skillful,
powerful performances I've ever seen on film. This
is a hugely gifted, vastly underrated actress who
ought to be seen a lot more often than she is. Three
stars overall, but Elizabeth McGovern gets five.
Cast
overview:
Beau Bridges .... Gerry Green
Filipe Garcia Velez .... Telegraph Operator
Melanie Griffith .... Hadley
Dominic Hawksley .... First Young Man
Louis Mahoney .... Train Attendant
Luis Maluenda .... Man with Donkey
Elizabeth McGovern .... Vicki
Philip O'Brien .... Vicki's Father
Molly Ringwald .... Kit
Liza Ross .... Gambling Woman
Kyra Sedgwick .... Arlene
Carmen Segarra .... Bar Maid
Peter Weller .... Hobie
James Woods .... Robert
Movie
scenes preview:
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