Paris France
Director: Jerry CiccorittiStudio: Ardustry Home Entert
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Format: Color
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release: May 4th 2004
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Befuddled - Rating: 1/5
I was disappointed that I had to read words deciphered from a foreign language. The words were not on the screen long enough to read and still see the film. The plot was very poor. I turned it off before completion through disgust.
PLEASE!!!.....yawn - Rating: 1/5
I thought this was one of the worse movies I had ever seen in my life! I actually cut it off half way thru because of it's pretentiousness and then tried again later to watch the second half only to reaize I shouldn't have listened to other reviews. I hate I actually BOUGHT this crap! Imagine Quentine Tarrantino dialogue set to Madonna's "Justify my love" video!! It is that bad..{unless you thought THAT was stimulating}!
Lots of full frontal nudity does not even save it. Back and forth.."stand over there and play with yourself. NO don't turn around..now stop..now Hammer time..."..'blah blah blah, that's what it felt like to me. I have never seen anyone work so hard at sex in my life. Why bother?
The story line was very hard to even understand and I still have no idea why the husband was watching his gay friend take a piss. "Now let me watch you", "Can't imagine taking that in my mouth". [Yet later takes it elsewhere with Sloan! Who [BTW]does everyone in the movie with a flaccid penis.
Apparently from reading the other reviews I missed something. Just don't waste even $5 on this to see if YOU can find it!
"I thought this would be a long overdue sensory plunge." - Rating: 4/5
In the film, "Paris, France" the owner of a small New York Publishing house, Michael Quick (Victor Ertmanis) and his wife Lucy (Leslie Hope) entertain gay business partner, William (Dan Lett) and a new writer, Sloan (Peter Outerbridge). Sloan, an ex-boxer, has just completed a novel about serial killer, Ed Gein. Lucy and Sloan exchange charged glances, and when she finds him rifling through her underwear drawer, it's the beginning of a very, very bizarre relationship.
Lucy has written one book, and she also has an unfinished manuscript called "Paris, France." It's the sexually charged tale of a woman's no-holds barred relationship with a man called Minter. The film flashes back and forth between life in New York and the action taking place in Lucy's manuscript. Lucy can't finish the novel--and there are several reasons for this. It's based on the autobiographical experience of an extra marital affair she indulged in while on her honeymoon in Paris, but the affair came to an abrupt end. Lucy longs for an experience that matched the one she had with Minter, and when she meets Sloan, she imagines he is that person. She tells him "take me some place I've never been," and she's expecting an explosive, once-in-a-lifetime tryst ...
It's a tall order to expect a stranger to walk in your life and pick up the action in your unwritten novel (especially if he hasn't read it), but Lucy isn't deterred easily. She's the assertive type, and she tells Sloan "whether or not I'm your fantasy, you're going to be mine." And she means it. To Lucy, Paris is the place full of powerful memories, but it's also a state of mind. She needs to achieve that state of mind once more, and she thinks Sloan is the person for her. Ultimately, Sloan is a bit pedestrian for Lucy's tastes, and she tells him he could benefit from a trip to Paris. He argues, "guys like me don't go to Europe" and defends his lack of European travel with the statement that "Ed Gein never left the state of Wisconsin."
There's something to offend almost everyone in "Paris, France." Bear in mind that this is a film about a woman's fantasies, and the hapless man who falls into her path. Sloan, Michael and Lucy are all characters with problems, and during the course of film, they use each other for various fantasy enactments. I watched this film thanks to the many complimentary reviews I found here, and it was well worth watching (in spite of the disappointing ending). I particularly enjoyed the character of Sloan and the way in which he identifies with the subjects of his books, and the hotel scene is laugh-out-loud funny. The story is bold, original and wickedly, darkly amusing, and it says a great deal about the problems that occur when you try and make fantasy a reality. But if you have the slightest twinge of prudery, believe me, this is not a film for you--displacedhuman
Great Erotic Thriller - Great Quality for a low price!! - Rating: 5/5
I never thought that a movie of this price could have been so great. It has a great story line and hot naked girls. It is not one of those movies that are just nudity and nothing else. All I have to say is this is a great enough movie for me to take my time and write e review. Buy it and you wont be dissapointed!!!
DARING EXPLORATION OF SEXUAL FANTASIES.... - Rating: 5/5
I ordered this DVD truly not knowing what to expect considering the low price and everything I'd read about it. I'm amazed at the quality of this print. While there are no extras to speak of, the print is excellent. This Canadian film explores what happens when a writer named Lucy (Leslie Hope), who's stuck in a dull marriage, embarks on a no-holds-barred affair with Sloan (Peter Outerbridge) who's a friend of her husband's gay business partner. Sloan unleashes Lucy's pent up sexual fantasies in ways she's only written about. The film also explores our reactions to sex and all it's colors when an opportunity arises to explore them. This is one of the most uninhibited English language films I've seen outside of a Peter Greenaway film. It's shocking, graphic, funny and serious. It also features acres of equal opportunity nudity (mainly Outerbridge and Hope) that should please both sexes and those who are "curious". Hope plays a woman who aggressively takes an active role in her sexual relationship and is not used. Instead, she uses the man to push her buttons. Hope and Outerbridge deserve to be commended for their ability to play these characters so well considering the demands placed on them emotionally and physically."Paris France" is for adults only and is not for the timid (especially squeamish men). If you can swallow your inhibitions it's a rewarding experience for those who are game. The title is best left explained when you view the film. This is a great deal on an unusual and challenging venture into very sticky territory.
