auke Reviews

Heartbreakers (1984)

You feel for both of them

[8/10 · 11 January 2006]

Heartbreakers is a slow moving film about two friends who share more than friendship. They share a mutual feeling of wanting to outperform the other as well. Businesswise this is not a problem as one of the two is an artist. But where women are concerned, they want the one the other is having. After a slow build-up everything comes together when they share the same women in a threesome. Where the movie goes from there seems very logical from my point of view. It's a shame that this scene is sometimes omitted, as I once realised when I was watching this on the BBC.

It's a terrific movie and I consider it Peter Coyote's best. No action scenes, no violence, just psychological content to which anyone can connect. Recommended.

Sexually Altered States (1985)

Humorous and sexy

[8/10 · 26 October 2005]

An adult movie rarely has any plot. Let alone a good one. I understand that adult movies in the 80's are an exception. This one at least is. The story is about a small company with two directors. One of them is constantly on the lookout for women to conquer. The other one finds this annoying, and, after listening to a radio broadcast about men who want to be in love constantly, decides to get him cured. With hilarious results. The acting is OK, with Nina Hartley especially being funny and cynical at some point. The sex is filmed from creative positions, as is most of the movie. Even the editing is done as if this was meant for the cinema. Which it probably was. For an adult movie, I recommend this highly.