This movie sounds interesting!
Is it good?
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oh yes!
Hopefully one day it will be out on DVD.
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It's available on DVD . . . http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006RCMV/qid=1142284869/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/104-6462857-3623928?n=130.
It's a fairly good existential play, with a very good cast. Worth checking out.
"It’s a hell of a thing, killin’ a man. You take away all he’s got, and all he’s ever gonna have.”
Cool. About time they get this on DVD! Thanks for the info.
shareThe idea was stolen from Sartre's 'No Exit'. It's more famous for skin than for content. Pretty tame stuff by today's standards.
shareAre you sure it was "stolen"? How is "No Exit"?
shareWhile you may say it was "stolen" from no Exit--it is a great deal more accessible than Sartre’s play and for this reason alone it is worth the viewing, not to mention some really good performances. The skin aspect is tame by today’s standards, but the point of the play is as contentious as ever.
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oh, ok. I get it now. thanks.
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It ain't a movie, it's a two act stage play, but the camera roams around the stage and does the two-shot, long shot, and other movie-like scenes. It's terrific -- funny -- and provocative -- it's taken me many, many years to relate the title to Hell beyond the bath house. It caused me to respect Bill Bixby for the first time.
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interesting...
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Saw it in 1973; just saw it again thanks to Netflix. It holds up, and damn, Valerie Perrine was both hot and sweet. I miss Bill Bixby. And Jose Perez -- I'd forgotten how good he was.
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