You will see with the simplest elements and without manipulation he is able to create a sense of compassion for the characters and tension with a slight pacing that resembles real life.

This film for someone who has not experienced a Rohmer film will be like an almigthy gob smack. Share this video: Stephen King's A Good Marriage. As a big fan of Rohmer and comparing with his other works I give this film a 7. Anthony LaPaglia and Joan Allen star in the new serial killer movie based on a Stephen King short story. Particularly at the party there is a sense of tension which is unexplainable which she radiates. However at the scene of her party and in one of the final scenes in an office she played the role divinely. I think she could have played the head-strong role with a bit more subtlety. I think she took the idea of a head strong young woman a little too far, ie marching around like a bulldog for half the film, seemingly bursting in and out where ever she went. What was different with this film? Well on the contrary to what others have wrote here I didn't find the leading actress Beatrice Romand to be nearly as compelling as Rohmer's other leads. When I watched those films I was really pulled at the heart strings by the plight of some of the characters. With a serial killer on the loose and a stranger stalking her family, a dedicated. I found myself a little less hooked emotionally with this film then with 'Le Rayon Vert', 'Pauline a la Plage, and 'L'ami de Mon Amie'. Buy or rent From the legendary Stephen King, author of MISERY and THE SHINING, comes this terrifying thriller. Noteworthy is the almost complete lack of music as with many of his films, however there is a poignant somewhat outdated 80's electronic tune that runs in the beginning, the credits and at the party. The character of Bob Anderson was inspired by Dennis Rader, the infamous BTK Killer, (an acronym he gave himself for bind, torture, kill. I admire the seamless flow between scenes in this film, between Paris, Le mans, the atelier, the train and her mothers house. Stephen King explains that A Good Marriage was inspired by a real case. I'm a fan of the hushed qualities which are Rohmer's style.

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