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In general terms, the basic premise of both modern 1942 CAT PEOPLE and the 1982 Paul Schrader remake are the same: an exotic European beauty is given to transforming into a sunless panther when sexually wrathful. But Schrader unravels this fantasy idea in some very Freudian directions, setting his version in against the decadent charm of Recent Orleans, introducing a theme of incest, and ramping up the novel with a lot of nudity, a lot of sex, and some of the most graphic violence around. The result is an American blood-and-gore awe film with a hypnotic European sensibility that equates both sexual frustration and orgasm with violent death. The memoir line concerns two orphaned siblings (Natasha Kinski and Malcom McDowell) who are reunited in Unique Orleans as adults-but they are, unbeknownst to the sister, the descendents of a mutant rush who can only mate with their bear kind without transforming into ravening beasts who must then waste to gather their human build. When sister Natasha rejects her brother’s advances and then falls in fancy with a hunky zoo director all hell breaks loose.
In some respects the film is extremely, extremely frustrating, often sliding over the edge from a sexually inviting shocker into moments of annoying silliness-but on the whole it works extremely well as a both a sexual fantasy and the penultimate statement in gratuitous sex and violence. Kinski is ideally cast as the sexy but virginal Irena; you can literally seek the “cat” side of her nature emerge more and more as the film progresses. McDowell is equally involving as her furious brother, and John Heard, Annette O’Toole, and particularly Ruby Dee offer favorable performances in the supporting cast. The Fresh Orleans backdrop is extremely effective, and (speaking as one who has been there) the darker side of the city is perfectly captured; the Moroder score-which includes some sultry vocals by David Bowie-is also extremely top-notch.
A spacious many people will hate CAT PEOPLE, and the reasons will be diverse. The film is extremely bloody, often to a can-you-stand-to-look-at-the-screen degree; there is tall nudity and considerably sexual activity; and the combination of sex and violence into a sadomasochistic eroticism is quite disturbing. Beyond this, more critically inclined viewers may earn themselves annoyed by the script’s occasional silliness and the fact that it does not always go as far over the top as it leads you to request, and the film’s very literal depiction of fantasy elements will certainly not to be every taste. But if you have a hunger to swagger on the wild side, CAT PEOPLE (which is hastily gaining station as a cult film) will suit your need as guilty pleasure. A personal common.
“Cat People” has two things going for it: a creepy, enthralling myth line; and Nastassia Kinski. Kinski is absolutely mesmerizing in the title role; an erotic, exotic presence awakening to her maintain sexuality and discovering that she can only have a life with one of her acquire kind. Paul Schrader’s direction lends a eerily spooky atmosphere to the film. Malcolm McDowell is grand as Kinski’s brother who sees her as his only salvation, as she sees him as her destruction; John Heard is okay but nothing special as Kinski’s lover who finally realizes what she is and commits the act that at once sets her free and imprisons her for the rest of her life; and Ruby Dee has a puny but haunting role as the landlady who knows Kinski’s secret and confronts her with the devastating reality of what lies ahead for her. There’s plenty of blood and plenty of gore, but it all fits in with the epic. It’s not a stout movie, but it’s a very respectable one that deserves a wider audience.
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