Nov 15th
Sex, Lies and Videotape**
(US 1989)             
MGM-UA/Virgin/Outlaw. 100m.   

A young man who compensates for his impotence by privately interviewing women on his video camera, travels to meet his old school friend, who is cheating on his wife by having an affair with her sister.
A fresh perspective on the old menage a quartre (in keeping with Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, Carnal Knowledge, and more recently Closer), told with a sharpness and a thoughtful insight for its characters, matched by equally affecting performances. It launched its director on a fruitful, varied career which sadly has not blossomed as much as it should - mainly due to the changing face of cinema - to make this first film with its videotape motif rather an ironically nostalgic item.

Written and Directed by: Steven Soderbergh.
Producers: John Hardy, Robert Newmyer.
Starring: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo, Ron Vawter, Steven Brill.
Photography: Walt Lloyd.
Music: Cliff Martinez.