Eros (2004) Reviews

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Three of the world's most gifted filmmakers offer their own unique perspectives on love and lust in this omnibus film. The initial episode, "The Hand," was directed by Wong Kar-Wai, and tells the story of Zhang (Chang Chen), a young, virginal dressmaker's assistant who finds it difficult to control his desire when he is sent to the home of Hua (Gong Li), a beautiful and refined prostitute, for a fitting. Steven Soderbergh directed the film's second story, "Equilibrium," in which Nick Penrose (Robert Downey Jr.) spends a session with his analyst (Alan Arkin) discussing a recurring dream of a beautiful naked woman in his apartment, but he keeps wandering off on tangents about alarm clocks and hair loss. Finally, Italian virtuoso Michelangelo Antonioni brings his short story The Dangerous Thread of Things to the screen, a story of a jaded couple, Christopher (Christopher Buchholz) and Chloë (Regina Nemni), whose relationship comes to a crossroads when both husband and wife become infatuated with the same woman, Linda (Luisa Ranieri). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Starring:: Gong Li, Chang Chen, (more)

Director(s):: Michelangelo Antonioni, Wong Kar-Wai, (more)

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: R

Format(s):: DVD
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	James V.

9 out of 9 people found this review helpful

Kar Wai Wong fans should have a field day with EROS--the tri-part feature made up of roughly 40-minute segments (separated by erotic art accompanied by some lovely music) from three world-class directors: Wong, Soderbergh & Antonioni. Soderbergh's is a funny & rather surprising (but not erotic) shaggy dog story involving a patient & his therapist, played respectively by Robert Downey Jr. and Alan Arkin, both terrific. Michelangelo Antonioni gives us heat & desire--quietly, allusively, sadly. Although the maestro has suffered a stroke that renders him speechless, he still knows his visuals (oh--the sets, architecture & scenery on view!), and his actors manage to create an interesting pas de trois. Wong's contribution? Wow. This filmmaker loves to linger over textures, moments & longing; his episode is the most erotic, tinglingly so, with Li Gong and Chen Chang gorgeous & heartbreaking as lovers who are never quite that. Rated individually, Wong gets 9 stars, Antonioni 7, Soderbergh 6.