Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell
The setting is Vienna. A young American woman is brought to a hospital after overdosing on pills, apparently in a suicide attempt. A police detective suspects foul play on the part of her lover, an Am...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 27, 2005
Stats: 177 reviews
Don't believe the hype! I bet Roeg loved it when it was called 'A sick movie for sick people'. It?s not, it?s a beautifully filmed and well acted (by Russell anyway) pretentious journey through all of life's little buggers EG. Jealousy, obsession, sex, addiction, etc. Style over ...( read more)
Infamously called "a sick film made by sick people for sick people", Nicolas Roeg's "Bad Timing", indeed has moments that one may call disgusting, but putting them in a context of the story and its main theme - that is, obsession - it shouldn't be so shocking that constant misund...( read more)
I will have to watch this film more than once to understand it. Art Garfunkel is cast as Alex -- an aloof psychoanalyst professor in a relationship with Milena (Theresa Russell). This is a turbulent relationship with flawed characters. Most of the reasons behind Milena's suici...( read more)
Slow disorientating dissection of a destructive relationship with stunning performance by Theresa Russell
An incredible experience. Roeg's last masterpiece after a phenomenal run charts a sensual love story from start to finish and the two parties' futile attempts to recreate their lust for one another after a massive split. Garfunkel and Russell are prefect, and embody the obsessed ...( read more)
Roeg likes this movie a lot, as an organic, experimental project and a dark journey he took the actors on. His unlatched-from-sequential-time style of editing is in good form here, as are some zooms he aims at the periphery of the characters, shots worthy of The Long Goodbye. The...( read more)
Slow moving suspense/erotic story about unlikable characters well cast by AGarfunkel & TRussell. Art is still too sexy & Theresa still cant act. See PETULIA or THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH.
The film takes the form of a detective mystery, in which the crime is only revealed gradually, as Roeg painstakingly guides us through the tortured relationship between Alex (Art Garfunkel) and Milena (Theresa Russell), from the optimism of its beginnings to the brutality of its ...( read more)
I have to hand it to Roeg, the guy doesn't opt for the easy option and this flick is a prime example.
As an exploration of obsessive relationships this is a tough watch. Our main characters are not likeable making it very difficult to connect with what we are seeing. Where t...( read more)
"a sick film made by sick people for sick people" according to one Rank executive.
For me, I think another viewing is in order to fully appreciate it. Though Theresa Russell's performance was great.
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