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Hard film to rate - at one point I thought 6 out of 10 (some of the acting is stunted and wooden), then at others it felt like an 8 out of 10 (the colours and directing in parts are very interesting). It's a coming of age film at heart but it dabbles with real sinister psychological drama too, and when they blend it's pretty disturbing.
Director Jerzy Skolimowski shot most of the film in Germany, where a young, inexperienced Mike (John Moulder-Brown) takes his first job at a Bath-house. Here, as well as getting hit on by various lonely older clients, he gets infatuated with a colleague Sue (Jane Asher) who leads him on a little. Things get pretty crazy after Mike tries to sabotage Sue's relationship(s). Some of the characters are dubbed into English (one by Diana Dors!) as many of the actors are German. If anything that increases the unsettling nature of the film. David Lynch claims this film freaked him out, and it's not hard to see why - the final 10 minutes or so are pretty unforgettable.
One of those quite rare films that isn't exactly a masterpiece but I'd recommend fans of cinema to checkout. Maybe it's in 'cult classic' territory.
'Deep End' (1971)
Hard film to rate - at one point I thought 6 out of 10 (some of the acting is stunted and wooden), then at others it felt like an 8 out of 10 (the colours and directing in parts are very interesting). It's a coming of age film at heart but it dabbles with real sinister psychological drama too, and when they blend it's pretty disturbing.
Director Jerzy Skolimowski shot most of the film in Germany, where a young, inexperienced Mike (John Moulder-Brown) takes his first job at a Bath-house. Here, as well as getting hit on by various lonely older clients, he gets infatuated with a colleague Sue (Jane Asher) who leads him on a little. Things get pretty crazy after Mike tries to sabotage Sue's relationship(s). Some of the characters are dubbed into English (one by Diana Dors!) as many of the actors are German. If anything that increases the unsettling nature of the film. David Lynch claims this film freaked him out, and it's not hard to see why - the final 10 minutes or so are pretty unforgettable.
One of those quite rare films that isn't exactly a masterpiece but I'd recommend fans of cinema to checkout. Maybe it's in 'cult classic' territory.