Любовное отсутствие

[arbeka]

"Властелин любви/The Look of Love"

" Уинтерботтом снял фильм-гимн, но гимн отнюдь не порноиндустрии (Пол Раймонд, кстати, всегда открещивался от слова "порно"). Можно было бы сказать, что "The Look of Love" - гимн Любви, но звучало бы это чересчур пафосно да и натянуто, тем более сколько их наснимали уже. И ещё вопрос, о любви ли этот фильм или же об её отсутствии.

The Look of Love is a 2013 British biopic of Paul Raymond, directed by Michael Winterbottom.

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Plot

The story opens in London in 1992. Paul Raymond returns to his flat after attending the funeral of his daughter Debbie. Raymond plays a videotape of a television programme he and Debbie took part in and reflects on their lives. In a flashback to the end of the 1950s, Raymond is an impresario on the seaside variety show circuit, where he is making a name for himself by adding semi nude women to his stage acts.

After a lion attacks the show's dancers, his wife Jean joins the show. When the Daily Sketch claims that Jean performed nude, Raymond sues the newspaper unsuccessfully but appreciates the ensuing publicity, after which Raymond launches his London strip club, the Raymond Revue Bar. Its success allows him to expand his property empire and also indulge in a playboy lifestyle, which his wife tolerates.

In the beginning of the 1970s, Raymond moves into theatrical revues and casts aspiring actress Amber St. George in a nude revue. Raymond moves in with her and his marriage to Jean ends. Raymond also agrees to meet a grown son, Derry, he sired out of wedlock, but after an awkward dinner together, he gives Derry no more of his time. Tony Power is approached by Paul Raymond to run a men's magazine, Men Only.

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"Into this mix, his daughter Debbie is introduced. Initially, Raymond tries to make her a star in his theatrical ventures, but she lacks talent and the show is an unprecedented failure for her.

Debbie marries musician Jonathan Hodge. Jean returns for the wedding and volunteers to pose nude for Raymond's magazine. In the delivery room, Debbie gives birth to a girl after sniffing a line of coke that her father provides. She dies in 1992 of a heroin overdose.[2] After the funeral, Raymond returns home with his granddaughter, pointing out the property he owns that will someday belong to her.

An epilogue reveals that in December 1992, he was the richest man in Britain.

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"В конечном счёте, фильм сделан с любовью и вкусом, и заслуживает внимание хотя бы даже за одну только атмосферу. Тот случай, когда впечатления и настроение важнее осмысления и интерпретации. Ну и, кстати, тот факт, что фильм показывается при пустых залах, кому-то тоже может пригодиться. Я вот сегодня не без удивления обнаружил, что свидания в кино ещё никто не отменял )