Dangerous Liaisons: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz. A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.
…next two years, most prominentlyDangerous Liaisons(1988), before starring in the slacker comedyBill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure(1989), about two high-school students who time-travel for a history project. The movie was an unexpected and enduring hit. Later in 1989 Reeves also acted in Ron...
“Dangerous Liaisons” is a story of two people who lack the courage to admit they love each other, and so they spend their energies destroying the loves of others. They describe as cynicism what is really depravity and are so hardened to the ordinary feelings of life that only one emotion...
Hur Jin-ho‘s romantic thrillerDangerous Liaisonsis selling well across Asia with multiple deals struck for the Chinese-backed movie. Easternlight, the Asian arm of Arclight Films, inked the deals for the film whose cast reads like a who’s who of global Asian talent includingZhang Ziyi(Crouc...
“Les Liaisons Dangereuses.” Freely adapted from the same section of Denis Diderot’s “Jacques le Fataliste” that inspired Robert Bresson’s “Les dames du bois de Boulogne” — but, unlike Bresson’s modernized 1945 version (co-scripted with Jean Cocteau), set in the same 18th-century ...
Certainly “Adore’s” slighter, warmer title suits its stars and its handling of the subject better. And its director. Anne Fontaine usually applies a light touch to tawdry tales. “Dangerous Liaisons’” screenwriter Christopher Hampton, who collaborated with the writer-director on 2009’s ...