A real pop film, in terms of its impeccable and swift structure, and
emphasis on iconic images and personalities. There are many
Brian De Palma-esque moments of domestic absurdity, accompanied by a brilliant swelling score.
The movie deals unblushingly with perversion, and adult sexuality,
though where George Romero used the witch story to describe an
aspect of housewife sexuality (in Jack's Wife), this film focuses on
the male variety. The main character is a reasonable professor
who is happily married to an appealing woman who happens to
be a witch.
They'd remain happy, if it wasn't for his need to contain what may
be prized as a woman's intuition. If only he would let his wife have
her silly superstitions, but this is clearly a threat of some kind (as
is her infatuatoin with a Jamaican witchdoctor).
emphasis on iconic images and personalities. There are many
Brian De Palma-esque moments of domestic absurdity, accompanied by a brilliant swelling score.
The movie deals unblushingly with perversion, and adult sexuality,
though where George Romero used the witch story to describe an
aspect of housewife sexuality (in Jack's Wife), this film focuses on
the male variety. The main character is a reasonable professor
who is happily married to an appealing woman who happens to
be a witch.
They'd remain happy, if it wasn't for his need to contain what may
be prized as a woman's intuition. If only he would let his wife have
her silly superstitions, but this is clearly a threat of some kind (as
is her infatuatoin with a Jamaican witchdoctor).