Author: James Spader

Format: NTSC

Details: Amazon.ca Steven Shainberg explores the more than special relationship between a boss and his secretary in Secretary, a daring second feature film which won the Special Jury Prize for its originality at the Sundance Independent Film Festival. After several years of internment in a psychiatric hospital, the young Lee Holloway is looking for a job. Although she still dreams of pink orchids and dolphins, she would never have believed that her sadomasochistic impulses would be her main asset in convincing Mr. Grey, a lawyer, to hire her. How then to prevent the game from going too far? If Steven Shainberg is good at one thing, it's at creating discomfort. By filming this Secretary like an ordinary romantic B series, but by injecting a good dose of deviance into it, he creates a very original and disturbing discrepancy. James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal, whose acting borders on madness, are the convincing interpreters of this sadomasochistic fable which reveals the secret links between love, sex and power. The end, a bit easy, could probably have been bolder to stay in the tone of the film. Still, Secretary dares to look, with great frankness and humor, behind the door of human sexuality. --Helen Faradji

UPC: 057373159590

EAN: 0057373159590

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood