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Johann
12-06-2003, 02:18 PM
I'm sure everyone on these boards has heard of the great Claire Bloom. She's an icon in the UK, and this film amply displays why.

Eve is an old woman who keeps in shape by walking around town. She decides to live in an old, run down building. (A slum, a dive, actually). There was a good reason why she moved into it, but I was too stoned to remember.
Claire has very feminine dreams and fantasies- one scene in particular with a young man in a thong g-string was funny as hell-and she consults the aging Susannah York about her life and it's current meaning. York and Bloom bask in old age, they adopt a "devil may care" attitude and it was great to see two veteran actresses in their element.

Anyway, Eve meets a guy who lives in her building: a Romanian who thinks he's Romeo. He woos Eve forever, until she falls for his charming romanian schtick. They do the deed, and the relationship subtley changes, until Eve learns more about her romanian lover, then she acts accordingly.

The Book of Eve is a UK and Canada co-production directed by the great Claude Fournier, who wrote and SHOT the film (like Kubrick).

Highly recommended, but it comes with a stern "chick-flick" warning...