more Paul Cox films ...

Golden Braid

1990

Johnny's comments:

Golden Braid is a moody drama (cough) about a clockmaker/repairer who is having an affair with a married woman (Gosia Dobrowolska). One day, the clockmaker buys an antique clock and finds a cut-off braid inside. He imagines that it is of a gorgeous woman from yesteryear and becomes obsessed with imagining the woman it belongs too, which interferes with the relationship he is having as they begin to blur into one another.

Yep, you really have to be in the mood for this one because it does get a little silly, but let's face it, you really know what you're getting into before you watch a Paul Cox film.

Gosia Dobrowolska film clip (collages below)

Cactus

1986

Johnny's comments:

Cox imported French actress Isabelle Huppert to play the lead in the drama about a woman who injures her eyes in a car accident and is told she will need to lose one of her eyes, but she takes her time to make the decision about whether or not she wants to do it. In the meantime, her vision in her good eye gets worse. She also meets a blind man Robert (Robert Menzies) and they fall in love and this helps with her decision with what to do about her eyesight.

Not a lot more than that, and maybe less than usual, happens in this movie.

Isabelle Huppert film clip (see below)