Friday May 26, 7:00pm The Neptune
Friday June 2, 9:30pm Lincoln Square
"My heart was broken." "So you married a cardiologist."
A man (Aaron Eckhart) and a woman (Helena Bonham Carter) meet on the fringe of a wedding reception and engage in a sexy verbal joust. The tone of the conversation slowly reveals the two were lovers whose marriage ended many years earlier. As they talk, their fondness for each other along with abundant emotional baggage is apparent. What makes Conversations with Other Women unique is the use of split-screen images throughout the entire film. This editing gimmick, which at first seems simply an annoying distraction, ultimately helps drive the story with the clever use of every conceivable subject and camera angle combination. The two characters and two images are thrown together and pulled apart in a simultaneous exchange that is both confusing and attractive. On their own, neither subject nor technique would succeed so handily, but the visual and verbal combination in Conversations with Other Women is an interesting match.
Friday June 2, 9:30pm Lincoln Square
"My heart was broken." "So you married a cardiologist."
A man (Aaron Eckhart) and a woman (Helena Bonham Carter) meet on the fringe of a wedding reception and engage in a sexy verbal joust. The tone of the conversation slowly reveals the two were lovers whose marriage ended many years earlier. As they talk, their fondness for each other along with abundant emotional baggage is apparent. What makes Conversations with Other Women unique is the use of split-screen images throughout the entire film. This editing gimmick, which at first seems simply an annoying distraction, ultimately helps drive the story with the clever use of every conceivable subject and camera angle combination. The two characters and two images are thrown together and pulled apart in a simultaneous exchange that is both confusing and attractive. On their own, neither subject nor technique would succeed so handily, but the visual and verbal combination in Conversations with Other Women is an interesting match.