Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Sex, Lies, and Videotape

  • Director: Steven Soderbergh
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: September 22, 1989
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Sex, Lies...
  • "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" is a feature film directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring James Todd Spader , Peter Killian Gallagher , Rosalie Anderson MacDowell , and Laura A. San Giacomo . It was released on August 18, 1989.
    The film tells the story of John Minelli, the owner of a middle-class family, taking in Graham, an old friend who likes photography. Graham used a video camera to record the family’s privacy, which caused a series of turmoil   .

    Details

    • Release date September 22, 1989
    • Filming locations Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    • Production companies Outlaw Productions (I), Virgin

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,200,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $24,741,667

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $155,982

    Gross worldwide

    $24,741,667

    Movie reviews

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    • By Ericka 2022-08-04 09:37:14

      Sex, Lies, and Videotape--Feminism and Sexual Lies

      The character's characteristics All of the first section is discussed here. John Ancinthia Keywords: Possessive Sexuality This is a typical image of a strong man: possessive (insecure), professional, and talented at acting. longing for self-comfort after losing possession. The absence of a conceited housewife Sexual Frigidity Control Failure After the discovery of an extramarital affair, she is the...

    • By Lamar 2022-04-23 07:02:36

      ganshou

      1. It is recommended to avoid entry for those who watch H movies. This movie has almost no scenes that can arouse enough eroticism.
      2. This is a movie that focuses on psychological evolution, and it is recommended to watch pure love (such as "Love Letter") 3. Friends who are concerned about art films and psychological impact are recommended to enter
      , it is absolutely good (I have watched it five times, and each time has a different feeling)
      4. It is recommended that friends who...

    • By Fredrick 2022-04-23 07:02:36

      Most of what you cover is what you dare not face

      The three words, when combined together, are indeed magical. I must say, they are directed at the title of the film.
      The film is quiet, with no ups and downs. He is more about human nature. Gray's tapes are actually records. The method is very special. Those women who unabashedly reveal everything about themselves in front of the camera are actually human desires.
      Sometimes, it can't be said that it is dirty, only that there are too many regrets behind the dissatisfaction, such as...

    • By Donna 2022-04-23 07:02:36

      first impression

      My impression of sex, lies and video is far from what I had imagined before. I thought this movie was a tragedy with a lot of ups and downs, but I didn't expect it to be such a narrative. The director expressed the whole picture of life in a romantic way. When he revealed everything, I was in pain, reflecting, and becoming more sensitive.
             In front of Graham, women don't tell lies anymore, but he himself escapes reality in the videotape illusion composed of these truths, and Ann's...

    • By Lavonne 2022-04-22 07:01:32

      sex without love

      A beautiful wife, Ann, who has never had an orgasm, a lawyer husband John who is full of lies and integrity, a sister Cynthia who lives a slutty life and even has an affair with her brother-in-law, and a stranger who confessed that she was an impotent patient when they first met. Glenn. This bizarre combination builds the character relationship of the postmodern story "sex lies and videotape". Then I can at least get two clear revelations from this extremely minimalist film: first, man is a...

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    • By Alysha 2023-08-18 21:32:34

      Now I suddenly think of this feeling a bit like the Orient Express.. Lies are not from God's perspective (Agatha's is clearly from God's...

    • By Adolfo 2023-07-14 12:39:48

      Innate good-looking, if acquired X incompetence, it would be too tragic. I like the...

    • By Merle 2023-06-19 16:52:21

      A beautifully designed ethical film that explores marriage and sex. The overall style is similar to Woody Allen's "Husband, Wife and Lover", but more crisp and agile than the latter. This is a very literary film. Almost the entire plot is supported and promoted by a few dialogues. In the climax part, when Graham videotaped An, An anti-guest interviewed Graham, each sentence was sharper than the last, and finally came down to calm tenderness and mutual caressing. This part is the best shot. I...

    • By Lila 2023-06-01 16:59:40

      It's really the title of NC-17, a PG movie. I went to James Spader, who was not damaged when he was young, and unexpectedly found that it was Soderbergh's directorial debut. Director Suo's literary and artistic film skills are really not shallow, why is it so commercial...

    • By Lynn 2023-05-23 16:44:59

      Brilliant, Soderbergh could almost make a Carver novel (but a colder...

    Movie plot

    An ordinary American town, 29-year-old Graham Dalton ( played by James Todd Spader ) returns to his hometown after a long absence. He has nothing except the car, and can only temporarily live in the home of his classmate John Minelli ( Peter Killian Gallagher ) . Compared with the decadent frustrated Graham, John as a lawyer is a very lucky and successful people, it operates an office of their own, also married a kind and dignified...
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    Piercing lens

    The video of Ann that John saw was different from what the audience saw when she was recording herself.
    When John forcibly rushed into Gulahan's residence and looked for Cynthia and Ann's tapes in the box on the table, he could see that the dates on the two tapes were the same. The viewers had already known very clearly that Cynthia had recorded her tape several days ago.
    When playing the videotape, I feel that the camera is constantly...
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    Background creation

    There are many dialogues in the film, and the style is quite similar to Rohmer. The themes of sex and lies have been repeatedly used in other literary and artistic works. The video tape is the biggest creation of the film, and the reflection on the image has become the unique innovation of this work. Four main characters and seven or eight scene changes constitute the development and thinking of the whole film. Mixed with Soderbergh's...
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    Evaluation action

    Both the plot and the performance of the actors are excellent. Soderbergh's control of the film is just right, drawing the audience into the story step by step. ("San Francisco Chronicle", "Los Angeles Times" review) 
    "Sex, Lies, Videotape"'s ingenious script and wonderful performances make a deep impression after watching the film, and are also the key to the success of the film. The interesting thing about this film is that it...
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    Movie quotes

    • Graham: One woman used up only 3 minutes, and another used three 2-hour tapes.

    • Graham: So, I don't... I don't understand, uh, what made you want to come here. I can't imagine Ann painted a very flattering portrait of me.

      Cynthia: Yeah, well, see, um, I don't really listen to Ann when it comes to men. I mean, look at John, for Christ's sake.

    • Graham: You're right, I've got a lot of problems... But they belong to me.

      Ann: You think they're yours, but they're not. Everybody that walks in that door becomes part of your problem. Anybody that comes in contact with you. I didn't want to be part of your problem, but I am. I'm leaving my husband, and maybe I would have anyway, but the fact is, is, I'm doing it now, and part of it's because of you. You've had an effect on my life.

      Graham: This isn't supposed to happen. I've spent nine years structuring my life so this didn't happen.