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Actors: Nastassja Kinski, John Heard, Malcolm McDowell, Annette O'Toole
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Cat People |
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Irena, a girl who grew up in foster care, goes to New Orleans in search of her brother Paul. There she meets Oliver, the curator for the zoo, who's been helping track a black leopard on a killing spree.
Irena and Oliver fall in love, but something holds her back.
It's then that she meets Paul and he explains that he is the leopard and can't morph back into a man until he kills. He then tells her that she is the same way and the only way to stop it is if they mate, but she refuses.
Paul attacks Oliver but is killed by his friend.
All alone, Irena runs away. But, a dream about Paul prompts her to return. She makes love to Oliver and then morphs into a black leopard and flees.
Oliver tracks her to his cabin in the swamp where she's killed a man and morphed back into a girl.
Irena prompts Oliver to make love to her again before she morphs into the leopard and disappears forever.
However, Oliver ties her to the bed and when she morphs he captures her and puts her in his zoo.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on present day Earth
Romance
Yes
Romance Plotlets:
- falling in love with the unattainable
Character operated on/altered?
Yes
Kind of alteration:
- magically turned into an animal or monster
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- can change shapes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- skinny (woman)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Kind of city
- Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)
Small Island?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Tone of movie
- fearful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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