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OTHER
CRAP:
Catch
the deluxe
version of
Other Crap in
real time,
with all the
bells and
whistles, here.
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Home
(2011)
Yekaterina
Rednikova
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Beyond
Innocence
(1989)
Johnny's
comments:
I
haven't dusted off the old
VHS player in a while, so
let's see what's left in
there today.
Beyond Innocence (aka
Devil in the Flesh) is a
1989 (but filmed in 1985)
drama set during World War
2 where Paul (Keith Smith)
sees the daughter of an
old family friend, Marthe
Foscari (French/English
actress Katia Caballero)
and instantly falls for
her. But, there's two
problems. He's a school
boy and she's a married
Italian woman awaiting the
release of her husband
Ermanno from a prison
camp. But each find it
hard to resist and an
affair develops between
the two of them. If they
were to be found out, it
would lead to untold
scandal and when Marthe
becomes pregnant, they
attempt to live life
together, bugger the
scandal. But, with Ermanno
close to coming home and
the passion dwindling,
this is not going to be
easy. Fairly
run-of-the-mill young
someone has an affair with
older someone drama,
nothing really outstanding
about it and for a movie
set in the 40s, there
seems to be a casualness
that even when found out,
it's hardly the end of the
world, which I'm sure
would not have happened in
reality. Hell, even
Ermanno seems pretty cool
with it. He even gets a
son he can later disown if
he wants out. Also, if
you're interested, there's
a Dutch movie from 1986
called Devil in the Flesh
based on the same novel,
but features a real blow
job scene performed by
Maruschka Detmers. Nothing
like that in the
Australian version, but
plenty of nudity
nonetheless. There also
seems to be a French movie
a year later which adapted
the same novel. Can't see
the attraction myself...
Also, there's a scene
towards the end where Paul
walks onto the street
during a celebration for
the war being over and a
girl stops him and says a
few words to him. She is
not credited in the movie,
neither is the character,
which is bizarre
considering she seems to
have been cast in the
role, but that girl looks
and sounds remarkably like
Naomi Watts. Might not be
her, but she does a very
good impression if it's
not her.
As always with a movie
capped from VHS, the
quality is down, but this
one isn't too bad, just
the occasional issue that
doesn't really take away
from viewing. I doubt we
will ever see a DVD/Bluray
release of this movie,
it's pretty obscure and
has no stars in it
(apparently it's the lead
actor's only role, no
wonder, he's not very
good) and no real value
outside of that apart from
maybe a little flesh. It
would be nice to get a
version where the framing
was a better, a couple of
scenes below would've
benefited from better pan
and scanning, but I'm not
holding out for it.
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