| Product Summary | | Publisher: Rhino | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00829567039625 | | Buy.com Sku: 202945613 | | Item#: V2EQR3 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 27730 | | Category Keywords: Sex Theatrical Release Weddings | Rating:  |
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| | | There Are Two Sides to Every Love Story.
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At a New York City wedding reception, two guests (Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart), seemingly strangers, become entangled in a sexually-charged battle of wits. As the night carries on, the nameless couple's repartee deepens to reveal the passion of their past love affair. Unfolding entirely in split-screen, director Hans Canosa's feature debut is an unconventional and poignant love story.
"...powerfully erotic." Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
"It's brilliant work." Kyle Smith, New York Post
"...well-calculated and well-ordered, and it manages an equilibrium that a science lab would envy." Tasha Robinson, The Onion A.V. Club
Editor's Note
IN THEATERS AUGUST 11, 2006Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter star as two people who meet at a wedding reception and enjoy a hotel-room fling in CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN. Director Hans Canosa uses a split-screen effect throughout the entire movie.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Director's Audio Commentary | | Featurettes: Director's Demo, Why Split Screen & Made On A Mac | | Interactive Menus | | Interviews With Helena Bonham Carter & Aaron Eckhart | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, Spanish |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | Conversations with Other Women - DVD By: Jay Antani - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 1/11/2007 1:17 AM | |
Try to watch director Hans Canosa's Conversations with Other Women twice and in quick succession. The memories that haunt the film's reunited lovers subtly inform every look, line, and gesture between them. For that reason, the film not only stands up to, it demands subsequent viewings if one wants to fully appreciate its layers of double meanings and shaded subtext....read the full review |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Rhino |
| Release Date: 5/27/2008 |
| Running Time: 84 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2005 | | Catalog ID: 0396 | | UPC: 00829567039625 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Nominee (2007) | | | Independent Spirit, Gabrielle Zevin, Best First Screenplay | |
Nominee (2006) | | | Independent Spirit, Ram Bergman, Producers Award |
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| | Professional Reviews | Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "We see actions and reactions simultaneously, giving the leads -- especially the silver-tongued Eckhart -- plenty to sink their teeth into." 07/01/2007 p.36Sight and Sound
"[T]he screenplay by novelist and screenwriter Gabrielle Zevin has something of the free-flowing articulacy and emotional intelligence of Richard Linklater's BEFORE SUNSET." 06/01/2007 p.54 Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "[Depicted] in split screen throughout, offering an intriguing perspective on the thoughts and feelings of the two main characters..." 06/01/2007 p.106 RogerEbert.com 9 of 10
"Conversations With Other Women," written by Gabrielle Zevin and directed by Hans Canosa, is a bittersweet meditation on the inevitable adjustments of adulthood. These two see themselves poised uncomfortably between youth and imagined decrepitude ("The memory starts to go after 40"), trying to find ways to reconcile their regrets over vanished opportunities and unfulfilled expectations with the reality of life in the here and now. You might think of it as an older adult cousin of "Before Sunrise" or "Before Sunset" -- a loquacious flirtation, a witty sparring match and a mutually cathartic confession...At Sundance, some viewers and critics wondered about the title: Why is it "Conversations With Other Women," when the movie is about one man and one woman? The answer lies in the way the movie plays with time, imagination and memory. - Jim Emerson
Reel.com 8 of 10
It is an old story: a bridesmaid and a groomsman hook up at a wedding. Like the newlyweds, they expect a night of bliss to follow the ceremony, only without the messy promise of `til death do us part. But there is something different about this man (Aaron Eckhart), this woman (Helena Bonham Carter), and this one night stand. Just what those differences are is what the fascinating and technically dazzling Conversations with Other Women explores in a small-scale drama that doubles as an acting clinic...Ultimately, Conversations with Other Women is a small drama, but with the attention to character and emotionality, it plays on screen as something larger. It is an alchemy born out of Canosa's technique and his actors' talents. Those ingredients mixed together cast quite a spell. - Pam Grady
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