Cat People (1982)

Tweet Review by Dean Duncan Jun 17, 2015 @deanduncan63

Saw #CatPeople (’82). Schrader expands & explicifies the artfully indirect & poetic original, from 1942. Which, he says, he didn’t even like! …

… This only leads to excess, & to utter, nonsensical mumbo jumbo.

‪#CatPeople‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬. Paul Schrader is a scholar & an artist. Here he quotes Dante & says he wanted to evoke Beatrice. Near as I can tell, though …

… his main objective & accomplishment was to get all four of his young featured females to take their clothes off. He can’t be dismissed, …

… for all of his infernal preoccupations, & enactments. You might be safe dismissing this one though …