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5/10
Lost in the lost door
milena041 March 2010
When I saw the film, I was disappointed.

Mr.Stuart is very expressive as photographer, what unfortunately I cannot say from his work as filmmaker.I have the impression he put picture to picture, but forgot content and message.It seems, he was lost in The Lost Door and had problems to make the story together.

What I enjoyed:

The music - original and emotional. And the characters of Kristina and Catherine: - credible and absolutely authentic.

Thanks to the outstanding performance of Mikaela Fisher and Anna Bielska the film has a professional touch.

With your abilities, Mr. Stuart and the talent of such actors you would be able to do an exceptional work in future.
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3/10
Fairly nicely filmed movie
felixelisabetta7 December 2010
I think summarising the whole film I could to the least say that it is nicely filmed

although the contents of it are not to my usual likes..

maybe as a movie is not suited but to a particular kind of audience.

However the main character Kristina has a very powerful presence

and for that alone the film deserves to be seen and merits to be appreciated

I would recommend to watch this more than only ones as you may find that it has a certain provocative intentions that go behind expectations

Mikaela Fisher is an astonish actress

of a breath taking beauty and has got a real flair !!
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1/10
Male's movie about female mentality?--Ok.
alexferdman-9860211 July 2019
Pretty complex flick for moron like me. Main problem is producer don't understand he is trying to behave like old white men who making laws for abortions. Second point is he couldn't catch females have different mentality no matter at all media noise. Another point is any society always at civil war within itself and, as language don't have formal value, it never ends.
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7/10
Confrontation
wordsfornothing28 March 2011
There is little that is not a struggle or confrontation in life. This movie shows the showdown between two people, at opposite odds, who are not able to understand one another. But who may be the same. Production values are high, while production costs are well below almost virtually all studio budgets. And produced and directed by a singular artist. While there are structural problems in the script, an attempt was made to make up for them, that is obvious. Casting is uneven, but the actions and the situations of the characters are engaging and make the viewer want to see and listen to more. Stuart's photography and lighting, well-known via his books, highlight erotic and dramatic moments that bring to life real people in a contemporary art scheme of life: nothing matters, but that nothing is a matter of life or death.
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8/10
Compelling cinema.
carmendevos4 March 2009
I took pleasure in watching The Lost Door.

It is poetic and very beautifully filmed, this in contrast to the dark subject. I love the acting and the story, how it enrolls and how it ends in a surprising way. I was swept away by the poetry and the play with music and sound versus speech. More than an erotic film The Lost Door is a statement and an invitation to explore our human condition and so-called free will. It is much deeper than one would expect, pretty much an art pamphlet that puts new light on human relations.

The different layers invite to watch the movie several times. Which I intend to do.

There is so much to be enjoyed.
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10/10
"The Lost Door" opens up to a poetic roller-coaster trip
erographic7 March 2009
"The Lost Door" to me, is a poetic roller-coaster trip. What I mean by that, is that the viewer may be overwhelmed by the film. There is so much to see! You really need to see the film more than once to fully appreciate it. Kristina's memories, I call them "glimpses from her mind", are filmed in a visually beautiful way and accompanied with poems and great music, that is composed by Roy Stuart himself. I think they are pieces of art in themselves.

I have seen "The Lost Door" several times now and I think it is a piece of art and a must see! The visuals, the sound and the story makes you think.
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8/10
My opinion
dont-move3 September 2009
Warning: Spoilers
I had to view The Lost Door in two times, because the first viewing freaked me out somewhat. After this mental 360, I was able to discern the balance between the love, sex and hatred that a lot of people have abandoned behind their own internal doors, lost deep inside themselves. There is a basic equilibrium essential to every human being and its absence leads to a basic neurosis.

"Who loves a relationship for its stability can unite with a table", Marc more or less says in the film. I would add: "who loves only the warmness and humidity of a sex can unite with a cooked vegetable!" Extremes lead to hatred: the body expresses revolt . The rape, the murder…

A cinematographic production, with imagery and editing that's worthy of the photographer's eye, which incites to consult our own spiritual balance.
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10/10
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yusun7614 February 2009
I have seen the movie a couple of times...and I could...probably will... look at it more often. It's a piece of contemporary Art, in mine eyes, which triggers my perception in many ways. Like; what's the movie trying to say? Every time that I look at it I see different things. Things such as; Light instead of heavy, a flash trough the head, earth, sex?, live/death, good/bad, pleasure and most of all nothingness; pop up in my head. The whole thing is beautifully done in Mr. Stuart's typical style. I see interesting looking people, a lot of emotion triggering my own and its pleasant and quite unique (to me). The pale, cold and natural look make the movie pretty and erotically stimulating in a chic hysterical kind of way. It leaves me thinking; it doesn't really matter. And; it tastes like more. I cant completely understand / put my finger on it, it being the movie, and I think that that the Artist's intent is. Cause that's what keeps on playing in my mind strongest after having watched it. Very Nicely done!
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9/10
The Lost Door : Une situation sans issue .
mcbclar19 October 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Between reality and fiction Roy Stuart opens the Door to us of a universe where passion, dance, sex and love merge in the psychological struggle of a woman to regains his freedom and his existential truth.Director Kristina ( Beautiful Mika Ela Fisher )to a dance school de retour at home one evening and surprises his friend on the table of massage in charming company .Unfortunately he there no salvation , all prayer is vain , a dispute broke out and ends in the death of man : jealousy in love, crime of passion , self-défense.Therefore everything changes in the lives of Kristina, the dream turns to the nightmare, mistress wife whith his charming dancers students,she finds herself subject to prison universe of psychiatric hospital where she's locked.

The contrast between these two worlds is striking and filmed with great sensitivity and finesse.In flash back as if a dream, popping up its reminicences of free and loving woman, surrounded by nymphettes , half women , half creatures that's love nicely...

Happy end shall we say , it is all even a justice since Kristina will be saved by a young lesbian psychiatrist(Anna Bielska) who he can avoid prison.

Heaven has beautiful scold somethere in the forest: evil is ,Kristina will be released not unscathed from this experience : the age , a confinement , a crime on the heart , intimate confessions as a psychological rape , the reverse of the medal shall we say , the Door closes it , there nothing to say .

To see and listen to dialogues snappy and intelligent, aesthetic images enchantements and a music deliciously intoxicating .

A little masterpiece of work in the genre .( For adults only ).
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9/10
Beautiful and Complex
truplayaril12 August 2009
The Lost Door is an erotic thriller that straddles the line between fantasy and reality. This interplay is already a dominant theme in Stuart's photography and it is explored in a new light with the added complexities of dialogue, motion and music. The driving energy of this film derives from imbalanced relationships- captor and inmate; teacher and student; lover and seducer... The roles of domination and submission are in continuous flux; fantasy and reality become alternately indistinguishable as characters surrender to their desires and then succumb to reason.

The cast of actors perform passionately and Nicole Auberger is a particular standout- both for her endearing naivety and phenomenal beauty. The musical score heightens the romance and intrigue, with sudden pauses of silence applied to good dramatic effect. Quirky details indulge us with insight into Stuart's creative mind: carefully captured reflections off a pair of sunglasses, the odd line of dialogue in Chinese, the humor of a tree shaped like a vulva.

The outtakes and supplemental scenes are a must-see, particularly the beggar who fakes an injured leg. Stuart likes to explore different fantasies in his work and the hot beggar is a good one. Anybody who has spent time around Paris will understand.

This is a complex and multifaceted film, the type that you will want to watch at least once.
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