Product Details

• Format: NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Rejects from Studios
• VHS Release Date: January 28, 1987
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300147886
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #300,245 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The son of a dead Italian nobleman and a wealthy American woman forgets the disappointment of finding he has no talent for being a painter by succumbing to the sexual advances of an amoral model who believes in indiscriminate love affairs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes the Quest is Much Greater Than The Conquest, December 16, 2005

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Chris "Chris" (Leeds, Utah United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Empty Canvas,the [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a beautiful Italian film starring Horst Buchholz, Cathering Spaak, and Miss Bette Davis.

Bette Davis has given her son Dino everthing...except his freedom. But her money can't buy him away from his dream of becoming an artist. He breaks from his mother and ends up living out a miserable existence, watching his hopes die. Then, on the verge of an emotional breakdown, he meets Cecilia, a gorgeous model as detached from life as he is. At first lust brings these two together, but for Dino, the meaningless relationship soon becomes an obssesion of love. Now he must conquer this woman who, indifferent to life and withdrawn from love, wants nothing more than an empty, physical affair.

Engrossing and exciting, The Empty Canvas paints a striking portrait of desperate love. It's a soul-searching love story, a film filled with passion, feeling and desire.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A TRUE WORK OF ART, July 20, 2004

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Paul Marx (Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Empty Canvas,the [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is not particularly a Bette Davis film, she has a rather small part in it (she's effective in this role), it is mainly a Horst Buchholz film - an excellent film however. It's an extremely underrated and highly entertaining film by Italian director Damiano Damiani, with a brilliant Horst Buchholz having a romantic adventure in the summer of 1963 in Rome : There is a magical aura to the film, which is also extremely sensual. The music - including Rita Pavone's "Now that you're gone" - and the scenery in Rome add greatly to the rich atmosphere. Stylishly photographed in black & white, it's a real work of art. Photography on this level IS art. Overall the acting is great, especially a very naturalistic performance by lovely French actress Catherine Spaak. Though it's an Italian film, the language is English. American audiences may not take too well to this film, being that its style is very European. But highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars uh excuse me son...., March 13, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Empty Canvas,the [VHS] (VHS Tape)

you can't find this flick anywhere...so to the guy who finds it ironic that the other films aren't available and this one is available..let him get go actively search for it...I'm not saying that it is a good flick I am just saying it is near impossible to find...and the sellers who do happen to have it are either lucky or good or they have paid through the nose to get the copy they want to sell you...so the 5 stars is for the video hunters who work hard to bring you this film so film snobs can recognize irony in its availability...this buds for you guys