Watch Margaret Pomereranz and David Stratton debate the merits of Steven Soderbergh's Palme d'Or winning Sex, Lies, and Videotape on a 1989 episode of The Movie Show.
Margaret loved it, and found "something that is intensely interesting for most of us yuppies".
David? Not that impressed. "I was disappointed. I think it's been overhyped and I can't understand why p-eople rave about it the way they do."
Watch their review above, and here's interview with Soderbergh from the Cannes Film Festival :
Watch 'Sex, Lies and Videotape'
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M, CC
USA, 1989
Genre: Cult, Drama
Language: English
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: James Spader, Laura San Giacomo, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher
What's it about?
The story of Graham (Spader), a long-lost college friend who drifts back into town, and a look into the lives of philanderer John (Gallagher), his wife Ann (MacDowell), and her sister Cynthia (San Giacomo). One by one, each is drawn into the very personal project Graham is working on, leaving the relationships between them forever transformed. This landmark American indie film was the debut feature for director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Erin Brockovich, The Knick) and won the Palme D'or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.
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