Greetings - terrific take - just wanted to let you know though that is was Erica Jong who said the thing about porn - to wit: "My reaction to porn is a follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first 20 minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live." Pretty much sums up my thoughts, too.

Oh geez, this movie just killed me - in different ways at different ages. When I first saw it and was young(er) and single I focused on the love affair. Neither are bad on the eyes, yes??? Let's face it, both Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche are hot - and intensely hot together. Now that I am older, married, wiser and a mother, I find that I remember the heartbreak of it all. The utter devastation that it caused to nearly everyone involved. I'll never forget Miranda Richardson's speech on "Everyone has one person. Marton was my person..." - And Binoche's speech about how it is never wise to love "damaged people." It's one of those movies that haunts me still - for many reasons. Though I'll say again that it is, at times, one of the most erotic movies I have ever seen.