Directed by:
Abel FerraraScreenplay:
Nicholas St. JohnCinematography:
Ken KelschComposer:
Joe DeliaCast:
Harvey Keitel, Madonna, James Russo, Victor Argo, Glenn Plummer, Richard Belzer, Christina Fulton, Ken Kelsch, Annie McEnroe, Dylan Hundley, John Snyder (more)Plots(1)
Harvey Keitel stars as Eddie Israel, a director whose current project, MOTHER OF MIRRORS, seems parallel his own life. The film-within-a-film stars Sarah Jennings (Madonna) and Francis Burns (James Russo) as a married couple whose shared life of cocaine, booze, and group sex has come to an end now that she has renounced her past in favor of God. Drinking heavily and snorting coke to get into his role, Francis finds the violent behavior of his character is taking over his reality, as he starts abusing Sarah off the set as well as on. Eddie meanwhile starts his own affair with Sarah, leading to confrontation with his wife (Nancy Ferrara) and his own moral dissolution. (official distributor synopsis)
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Dangerous Game is a classic example of a film about which Madonna fans will tell you: "The entire film was edited so much in the final scene that it completely changed the original look, and Madonna cried when she saw it and regretted that she didn't have the same power in the film industry as she did in the music industry because she said she would never have let that happen. In her own words, the film is bad, but she's good in it." This has resulted in the divided attitude toward her career as an actress and singer. Personally, I agree that this whole experiment stands and falls on the symbiosis of the performances of Madonna and Harvey Keitel, who have nothing to be ashamed of, but at the same time, the nature of their acting is revealed here, which in its naked version is not as bulletproof as at other times. They are still working together to this day, and the natures of the projects are diametrically opposed to each other, from Blue in the Face to Arthur and the Invisibles. However, I'll give Madonna more credit when she stars in classic wacky comedies and Harvey for anything with a traditional narrative. Unfortunately, the rest of the ensemble in this film is almost awkward and the original title Snake Eyes was more apt.
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