简介：Asexpected,thislookatsexualangstisacutabovetheusualsoftcorefareofitsday.WrittenanddirectedbyJOESARNOduringhisEuropeansoftcoreperiod,LoveintheThirdPositioneschewsthegrittyblack&whitelookofthefilmmaker’searlyAmericanfilmsinfavorofamorevibrantkaleidoscopeofsumptuouspastelcolorswhichgivesoffaverydreamlikefeel. BeautifulblondeLILIANEMALMQUIST(whobearsaresemblancetoFrenchstarletBrigitteLahaie)iswonderfullyseductiveasfashionphotographerSiv,whoishavingawildflingwithherfavoritemodelSven,muchtotheagonyofhershy,plain-lookingyoungassistantAnn,who’sclearlyinlovewiththemanherself.(WatchhowSarnoconstantlyphotographsAnnsurroundedbydarknessandlowlight,comparedtothebright,upbeatcolorswhichpulsatethroughouttheothersequences).WhileAnnsitsaroundbroodinginhergloomyapartment.SivandhergalpalLisa(wholookslikeBarbaraStreisandinhertightpermdays)accompanyblondemodelKarintoastrangehousewheretwogorgeouslybizarrewomeninitiateKarinintothejoysoflesbianismandanorgyoffemaleflesh. Afterwakingupinalargebedtogether,it’sbacktoworkforthethreewomen.SivreturnstothestudioandcontinuesherdalliancewithSven,whofinallystartstorealizethatAnnhasacrushonhim.SvenandAnnbegintospendmoretimetogether,playfullyflirtingandlaughing,butwhenSvenmakesamoveonher,Anntellshimtotakeahike. Siv,meanwhile,becomesmoreandmoreintriguedbyAnnanddecidestofinallyseduceherlateonenightinthestudio:"Ialwaysfeelyoureyesonmewheneverwe’realone...."Annisinitiallyrepulsedbytheproposition,buteventuallysuccumbstoSiv’sseduction,andbecomessoeroticallyoverchargedthatshefranticallymasturbatesassoonastheirlovemakingsessionisover. ButasitoftendoesinSarno’sfilms,sexualguiltsoonbeginstomanifestitself,withAnnwanderingaroundherflatdisturbedbyherencounterwithSivandrefusingtogotowork.Siv,ontheotherhand,beginstorealizethatshehasfalleninlovewithAnnandultimatelydecidestodosomethingaboutit.... NicelyphotographedbyERIKGUSTAVSSON,LoveInTheThirdPositionalsofeaturessomeratheraffectingperformancesfromthefemaleleads.(Theactorsaren’tgreat,buttheyatleastdotheirbesttomaketheircharactersseemhonestanddimensional).Themovieisalsogenuinelyerotic,withSarnofilmingmanyofthesexsceneswithoutanymusicorsoundssavefortheheavypantingofturned-onbreath.Thesoundtrackalsomakesgooduseofthreeelectricpopsongs("IsThereaPlace?,""You’reNoGood,"and"Ain’tGotTime")performedbyanobscureduonamedGORAN&JANNIE.…