"Making Love" (1982) - Part 1
Quite a controversial film for its time - yet I have been seeing men kiss for year’s prior - I don't know what the big deal was
A successful young L.A. doctor and his equally successful television-producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn asunder when he suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men. Zach and Claire live a comfortable life secure in their love for one another when Bart, a swinging L.A. novelist, walks into Zach's office and awakens unfamiliar feelings in him. In a move, which leaves him wracked with guilt, Zach cancels dinner with his wife in order to go out with Bart. He is inexplicably drawn to this man who seems intent on keeping him at arms distance. Why can't Bart allow their relationship to grow? he wonders. Exasperated, he asks Bart, "Do you snore? Does anybody ever get a chance to find out?" As Zach's absences become more and more frequent, Claire's concern manifests itself in the suspicion that he is having an affair with another woman. Jilted by Bart and feeling alone for the first time in his married life, Zach resolves to tell Claire the truth about himself. Predictably, Claire is shocked that she could have known so little about the man she has loved for so many years and accuses him of deceiving her from the very start.
It is quite disastrous when a person’s sexuality faces their role in life.
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Starring Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Wendy Hiller and Arthur Hill
Posted for Loulou - thank you again for everything.
Thank you Glenn you do me a great pleasure posting this movie,i know i saw this years ago,when i was a lot younger it made a great impression on me that time,i think for the fact it was indeed controverial for that time.Thank you my movie night can begin!
ReplyDeleteI think it a very sad story. It has somewhat of a happy ending - everyone gets to rest a bit. Kate is heartbroken though, which hurts.
ReplyDeleteThe theme by Roberta Flack is incredible - love the song, "Making Love" - it is beautiful.
It is very sad indeed,i like the part of Kate she plays it very good,the song of Roberta is indeed very good Glenn,iam going to part 2 now
ReplyDeleteI saw this film years ago. It was ok, but the 1972 ABC TV movie "That Certain Summer" was much better. Funny how that has yet to see the light of day on DVD (officially....bootlegs abound I'm sure).
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