Product Details

• Actors: Camilla Søeberg, Alfred Molina, Simon Callow, Eric Stoltz, Lindsay Duncan
• Directors: Dusan Makavejev
• Writers: Dusan Makavejev, Émile Zola
• Producers: Bojana Marijan, Dejan Karaklajic, Menahem Golan, Michael J. Kagan, Tom Luddy
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Fox Lorber
• VHS Release Date: October 16, 1997
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303640281
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,154 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

A sexy, comedic tale about revolutionaries trying to alter the political system.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A wonderfully anarchic sexy little fable., June 18, 2000

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missus jones "Ms. Jones" (new york) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Night of Love [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie looks like a lovely fluffly cake, but inside it is filled with bugs and bizarre things! There is a great deal of sex in this movie, and it all feels feverish and vital and right. This same director did a film I saw in college called "WR MYSTERIES OF AN ORGANISM" and it was one of the strangest films I've ever seen- this film is like the nice little sister fable relative of it.

See early film performances from Alfred Molina, Gabrielle Anwar, and Eric Stoltz. The plot is as wild as the costumes and scenery- apparently this was shot in what was Yugoslavia, and it is beautiful. Definitely worth a look, but not with the kids!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Charming..., October 2, 2000

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EriKa "E" (Iceland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Night of Love [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I recently attended a film festival here in Reykjavik to see two of Makavejev's films (Sweet Movie and Mysteries of an Organism, both from the 1970s), with Makavejev attending as the guest, answering questions and making comments as appropriate. I had completely forgotten that he directed this film and when I decided to do more research about his films, seeing as how the two I saw at the festival were dark, deeply symbolic, filled with perversity and obscenity (more to make a point than to be perverse and obscene for the sake of either quality). A Night of Love is a much more straightforward departure from these very hazy pictures from the 1970s. A recurring theme for Makavejev, though, seems to be the urgent need for openness in sexuality. This film charmingly illustrates that need through vivid imagery and great performances from the actors involved. Gabrielle Anwar was positively adorable in this role.

2.0 out of 5 stars Read the book, see the movie!, May 19, 2006

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Mike Simonsen (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Night of Love [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is a sort of a mess, but it did inspire one of the actors, Simon Callow, to write one of the best books on the process of filmmaking, "Shooting the Actor." His unhappy recollections are punctuated by comments by the movie's director, and the two have irreconcilable but instructive differences in discussing what actually happened on the set.

So if obstreperous Balkan humor about sex and politics is your bag, this movie is as good as any other, but read Callow's book along with it, and you'll thank your lucky stars your fantasy of becoming a movie actor never came true.