Sex, Lies & Videotape
Starring: Andie MacDowell, James Spader
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"Writer-director Steven Soderbergh burst on the scene at the age of 28 with this film, which took the grand prize and best actor awards at Cannes in 1989. James Spader is a young, rootless videomaker who is working on a project filming women talking about their sexual experiences. He visits an old college friend who is a self-involved yuppie lawyer having a torrid affair with his wife's younger, spunky sister. Andie MacDowell has rarely been better than her Southern yuppie homemaker, and Peter Gallagher and Laura San Giacomo were suprisingly good newcomers in the other roles. The film is gently intense, delicate, and moving."
--David Loftus, Resident Sex, Lies & Videotape Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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