5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
To do or not to do, May 2, 2000
This review is from: Equinox [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Two young men who could not be more different: A clumsy mechanic who will never dare make a pass at an equally shy reader of Emiliy Dickinson; and a gunman racketeering for the mob, whose wife has an incredibly bored way of adoring him. The do men have more than just an uncanny resemblance. They are twins who don't know of their brother's existence.
The gunman is perfect and successful at everything he does. The mechanic never gets anything done, because he knows that even eating a peach can disturb the universe.
That is the situation out of which Alan Rudolph makes an immensely clever, funny, thoght-provoking and touching film. It is like no other film I have ever seen, indeed its emotional and intellecutal range, its dramatic presentation reminded my of Shakespeare. Yes, "Equinox" is up there with the greats.
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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent. English Patient without Katherine and war, December 6, 1998
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This review is from: Equinox [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Beauty. Power. Soul. Reflection. Passion. These are options when bargaining for a life. Some options are necessities to some. Worthless to others. How does one decide? This movie cannot be "reviewed" or "summarized" any easier than can a person be described in 5 lines in a personal ad. But I will say I've rented it 5 times and will again until I buy it. When I see my Lion twin in my life, I want to be looking in the mirror. But I won't be. The best Hollywood has done lately is film about "a life so changed." This film posits the terror in the knowledge of the shapeability of the self, the self that never seems to defy it's own inertia, until it sees the unmentionable...
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