The Comfort of Strangers
Most recently screened in March 2002
Director: Paul Schrader. Cast: Natasha Richardson, Rupert Everett, Christopher Walken, Helen Mirren, Manfredi Aliquo, Mario Cotone, Giancarlo Previati, Antonio Serrano, Rossana Canghiari, Fabrizio Castellani, David Ford, Daniel Franco (!). Screenplay: Harold Pinter (based on the novel by Ian McEwan). Twitter Capsule:
Sustains a spellbinding mood, with witty, intriguing tonal variation despite a baseline of erotic menace.
VOR:④
Admits fair debates over sum-vs.-parts; end feels less focused than start or middle. But craft is risky and considerable. A peak in Pinter on Screen.
