Love and Death on Long Island
Love and Death on Long Island is a 1997 British-Canadian film adapted from Gilbert Adair's 1990 novel of the same name, directed by Richard Kwietniowski and starring Jason Priestley, John Hurt, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock and Anne Reid. The storyline of obsession somewhat resembles that of Death in Venice.
Plot
Giles De'Ath (John Hurt) is a British writer who doesn't use or understand anything modern. One day, he forgets his keys and locks himself out of his flat. It begins to rain, so he goes to see an E. M. Forster movie but, instead, accidentally enters the wrong theatre and sees the teen film Hotpants College II starring Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestley). He becomes instantly infatuated with Ronnie's beauty and becomes obsessed with the young actor. He goes to his movies in the cinema, buys teen magazines and cuts out pictures of him, and buys a VCR and TV in order to play rented video tapes of his movies. He lets his housekeeper come into his office less and less, so that he can do these things undisturbed.
More details
author | Richard Kwietniowski |
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contentLocation | New York |
director | Richard Kwietniowski |
editor | Susan Shipton |
genre | comedy-drama |
keywords | act claim disturb e. m. forster end long island motel room obsess shopping cart talk teen film teen magazine video tape |
musicBy | Richard Grassby-Lewis Startled Insects |
producer | Christopher Zimmer Steve Clark Hall |
productionCompany | BBC Films Lions Gate Films Telefilm Canada The British Screen Advisory Council |
publisher | Cinepix Film Properties Pathé Distribution |
recordedAt | Nova Scotia |
theme | independent |