Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Released in 1989
Rated R
A Valentine's night at home with a movie doesn't have to mean pajamas and handholding. It can mean, ahem, a little bit more. To that end, I recommend acclaimed indie director Steven Soderbergh's Sex, Lies, and Videotape. This film is a steamy exploration into the world of voyeurism, eroticism, and fetishes that is intelligently presented, well acted, and is certain to raise a few eyebrows and body temperatures. Soderbergh doesn't use plain old nudity to bring steam to his screen. Instead, he uses words. And although the pen is mightier than the sword, in this case the video camera trumps them both. Andie MacDowell plays Ann, a sexually repressed housewife who is so unhappy with her husband and herself that her mate has started looking elsewhere for pleasure. When her husband's old school friend Graham, played by a sexily brooding James Spader, comes to visit, she begins spending time with him and finding out why is she is so unable to please her husband, and more importantly, herself. Graham reveals to Ann that he himself is impotent, and that his only form of pleasure comes from taping women as they tell their own sexual experiences and fantasies. Ann finds herself strangely attracted to Graham and his video camera, and begins to reveal a deeply buried side of her that could hold the key to her happiness. Ann and Graham must work through a series of deep seeded repressions to overcome their own physical and mental boundaries in order to bring pleasure to themselves and one another. Draw the shades and press the play button.
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