Synopsis: Middle aged artist tries to deal with his repressed sexuality
Director: Paul Cox
Actors: Norman Kaye, Alyson Best, Chris Haywood
Date: 1983
How viewed: viewed online via Lovefilm
Rating: 2/5
David Meyer says:
Cox explores repression, lust, destructive relationships, self-loathing, self-acceptance and redemption. Weird and wonderful.
I say:
This is indeed a strange little film, in which a middle aged artist who paints flowers, and is turned on by flowers and music, addresses his sexual repression, with the help of a young girl who models nude at his art class. The girl's boyfriend, also an artist, but the compete opposite of the 'man of flowers', threatens them both, but ultimately he finds a way to protect her (his 'little flower'). It's a slow thoughtful film, and the best bits are perhaps the flashbacks to his childhood (where bizarrely his father is played by Werner Herzog!), but not really worth the effort.
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