With his provocative feature debut, twenty-six-year-old Steven Soderbergh trained his focus on the complexities of human intimacy and deception in the modern age. Housewife Ann (Andie MacDowell) feels distant from her lawyer husband, John (Peter Gallagher), who is sleeping with her sister (Laura San Giacomo). When John’s old friend Graham (a magnetic, Cannes-award-winning James Spader) comes to town, Ann is drawn to the soft-spoken outsider, eventually uncovering his startling private obsession: videotaping women as they confess their deepest desires. A piercingly intelligent and flawlessly performed chamber piece, in which the video camera becomes a charged metaphor for the characters’ isolation, the Palme d’Or–winning sex, lies, and videotape changed the landscape of American film, helping pave the way for the thriving independent scene of the 1990s.

Product details

Director	Steven Soderbergh
Actor	Laura San Giacomo, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, James Spader
Label	Sony Pictures

Genre	Drama Erotic
Content	Blu-ray
Age rating	from age 15
Publication date	06.08.2018
Edition	Criterion Collection
Audio	English (Dolby Digital)
Screen	16/9
Year of production	1989
Original title	Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Version	UK Version
Region code	B

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Actor

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Drama
Erotic

Customer reviews

Un des meilleurs Soderbergh

Written on 15. December 2014 by Bibo.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Un des meilleurs films de Soderbergh.
Sachant qu'il a fait plein de daubes, j'aime encore plus ce film-ci !
Gehört zu meinen Lieblingsfilmen...

Written on 04. January 2005 by Rodion.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

mit andern Worten, ich bin nicht eingeschlafen... aber muss ja nicht jedem gefallen;-)
...?

Written on 29. October 2004 by Morcar.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Gähn!!!

Gut geeignet zum Einschlafen...
Ein film über Menschen

Written on 09. November 2003 by rodion.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Es sit ein Film über Menschen, deren "idylisches" Leben durch das auftauchen eines Ausenseiters gestört wird. Die durch seinen Lebensstil gezwungen werden über ihr Leben und bisher erreichtes nahchzudenken.