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Eros [Widescreen]

Actor(s): Gong Li, Chang Chen, Tin Fung, Robert Downey, Jr., Alan Arkin
Director(s): Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh, Wong Kar-Wai
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Adult Humor, Profanity
Movie Release: 2004
DVD Release: 02/07/2006
Format: DVD - Color,Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Edition: Dual Layered
Audio Tracks: English, Italian, Mandarin
Subtitles: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 46 mins
Studio: Warner Home Video
Members Wishing: 0
Genres: Drama, Erotic Drama
See Also: Eros

DVD Synopsis

Three of the world's most gifted filmmakers offer their own unique perspectives on love and lust in this omnibus film. The initial episode, "The Hand," was directed by Wong Kar-Wai, and tells the story of Zhang (Chang Chen), a young, virginal dressmaker's assistant who finds it difficult to control his desire when he is sent to the home of Hua (Gong Li), a beautiful and refined prostitute, for a fitting. Steven Soderbergh directed the film's second story, "Equilibrium," in which Nick Penrose (Robert Downey Jr.) spends a session with his analyst (Alan Arkin) discussing a recurring dream of a beautiful naked woman in his apartment, but he keeps wandering off on tangents about alarm clocks and hair loss. Finally, Italian virtuoso Michelangelo Antonioni brings his short story -The Dangerous Thread of Things to the screen, a story of a jaded couple, Christopher (Christopher Buchholz) and Chlo� (Regina Nemni), whose relationship comes to a crossroads when both husband and wife become infatuated with the same woman, Linda (Luisa Ranieri). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Actors

Gong Li - Miss Hua
Chang Chen - Zhang
Tin Fung - Master Jin
Robert Downey, Jr. - Nick Penrose
Alan Arkin - Dr. Pearl - Hal

Member Movie Reviews

Gary J. (gjones) from TROUTDALE, OR wrote on 6/25/2009...

2 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

The three vignettes were totallly different from each other but all three of them sent a strong message about Love and lust and what it means to be human. The first one was so melancholy, and so well-paced, that it almost had me crying by the end. The lighting and photography were just excellent. The second one, with Robert Downey Jr and Alan Arkin analyzing Downey's recurrent sexual dream was a bit of a crackup but not as entertaining as the other two. The third, about a couple's breakup, was pretty straight-forward. It was well-paced and the characters worked well with each other. It had more nudity, which I didn't mind because it was all germane to the plot and the people were atractive. Overall, a very enjoyable couple of hours!