Bodies, Rest & Motion | 1993 | KINO LORBER

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Bodies, Rest & Motion | 1993 | KINO LORBER



After searching for a dedicated post on this particular title and coming up empty, I decided to go ahead and make one.
It's not a very popular movie, so I don't expect this to generate much feedback, but I still thought it deserved a post for possible discussion.

After watching Bodies, Rest & Motion for the first time recently and coming away almost in a daze, I felt it deserved another watch.
Dr. Atanasov's review of the film/blu-ray is excellent, so for a really in depth review, definitely worth checking out.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Bodie...222752/#Review

The movie had a very strange, alluring vibe accentuated by an interesting cast; the assembly of which shouts "you're about to watch some strange s#!t from from the 90's!"
Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates, Tim Roth, and Eric Stoltz all give good performances in this.
It's also funny to recall that both Eric Stoltz and Tim Roth would just one year later appear in Pulp Fiction.

Among the things that I was quite surprised with, even though there are some technical shortcomings with the the quality of the image and some inconsistencies with the audio, it didn't detract from the story for me and I still found the imagery, especially the brighter outdoor scenes to be beautifully photographed. Some of the colorful static wide shots of buildings really popped, and as the film progresses along I developed a greater appreciation for the cinematography and the color pallets in this film.

I wasn't exactly pleased with the ending, but then again given the general aimlessness of the characters involved, I wasn't really all that surprised either. Also, Bridget Fonda's Father, none other than The Easy Rider himself Peter Fonda makes a brief cameo. I'm sure that scene elicited quite a bit of laughter among the audiences at all the film festivals this appeared in back in 93.