简介：AlanRudolph's"TheModerns"isawonderful,funnyandtwistedfilmsetin1920'sParis,France.ThefrontburnerstoryisatrianglebetweenNick,hisrunawaywifeandacoldasicebusinessmanthatwantstoobtainahighersocialstatus.Nick(KeithCarradine)andRachel(LindaFiorentino)weremarriedyearsagoandshebailsoutofthemarriage.Yearslater,sheshowsuponthearmsofBertramStone(JohnLone).Whilehedealswithherreappearance,heisalsotalkedintomakingartforgeriesbyarathershadybehavinggalleryowner,Valentin(GenevieveBujold),asafavorforthewealthyNathalieDeVille(GeraldineChaplin).Hisfriend,Oiseau(WallaceShawn)constantlytellsNickthattheyshouldheadtoanewtowncalledHollywoodtoseektheirfortuneandErnestHemingway(KevinJ.O'Connor)wandersaroundinastateofalcoholiccynicismandmakingquirkyobservations. Thestory,liketheperiodinwhichtheactiontakesplace,issurreal.OnescenehasoneofthedeadcharactersrisefromthegravelikeHoudini,strait-jack,chainsandall.TherelationshipbetweenNickandRachelistheheartofthestory:Nickdoesn'twanttotrustRachelbecauseofwhatshedid,butallofhisactionsthroughoutthefilmarearesultofRachel.Whenhepaintstheforgeries,hethinksofRachel'sbeautyandputshisfeelingsoncanvas.Helovesher,butisfightingwiththepossibilitythatifheopenshishearttoheragain,shewillbreakitagain.YoucanseethisconflictwhenheslapsherinfrontofStone,yetimmediatelybecomesapologetic.Shouldheloveher,orshouldhejustbackoff?Heclearlydoeswhentheyshareasexualromponthebathroomfloorwhileherhusbandisdownstairs. Theentirecastisgreat,butthebestperformancecomesfromO'Connor,whoIthinkisoneofthemostunderratedactorsaround. ThisisagreatmovietohaveifyoufeellikehavingaParisnightmoviemarathon,orjusttohavefun.…