10° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Special Programs 2 - US Indipendents Today
CHAIN OF DESIRE
by Temistocles Lopez
Country: USA
Year: 1992
Duration: 105'
The day that Alma, a singer in a hot Manhattan club and Jesus, a Hispanic worker, meet by chance, they set off a chain of erotic entanglements that cross the vast city's social and psychological boundaries. Chain of Desire is an original and daring chronicle of sexual politics in a precarious time. Weaving timely issues into the fabric of its varied tales, the film portrays sexuality as a relentless force blind to social and gender rules. This erotic merry-go-round binds the lives of a renowned TV anchorman, his wife, a decadent professor a hustler, a social worker, an aspiring rock singer, a virginal nymphette, a famous painter, his bored wife, a working man and a black female performer among others. Desire in its many forms possesses the 14 main characters, revealing unexpected psychological layers in each story, building up emotional resonance towards a powerful and thought-provoking climax. This sweeping portrait of urban life in the 90's, celebrates diversity with insight, poignancy and wit.
Biography
film director
Temistocles Lopez
Born in 1947 in Caracas, Venezuela. educated in several European countries, Lopez studied cinema at the London Film School, where his thesis film, Hollywood Song, won prizes at the Oberhausen and Locarno festivals. After work in television and in the theatre, Lopez made his directorial debut in features with the low-budget Exquisite Corpses.
FILMOGRAFIA
Hollywood Song (cm, 1970), Dose (mm, 1972), Contemporanea: Music and Dance (mm, 1974), Caribe (mm, 1976), The Temptation of Saint Anthony (cm, 1978), The Knights of the Round Table (mm, 1980), Exquisite Corpses (1989), Chain of Desire (1992).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Temistocles Lopez.
Director of photography: Nancy Schreiber.
Art director: Scott Chambliss.
Editor: Suzanne Fenn.
Music: Nathan Birnbaum.
Sound: Joe Romano.
Cast and characters: Malcolm McDowell (Hubert Bailey), Seymour Cassel (Mel), Patrick Bauchau (Jerald Buckey), Grace Zabriskie (Linda Bailey), Assumpta Serna (Cleo), Linda Fiorentino (Alma D'Angeli), Elias Koteas (Jesus).
Director of Production: Anant Singh.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Distant Horizon, 52 Crescent Avenue, Staten Island, 10301 N.Y., USA, tel. 718-8166732, fax 718-2732766.
Director of photography: Nancy Schreiber.
Art director: Scott Chambliss.
Editor: Suzanne Fenn.
Music: Nathan Birnbaum.
Sound: Joe Romano.
Cast and characters: Malcolm McDowell (Hubert Bailey), Seymour Cassel (Mel), Patrick Bauchau (Jerald Buckey), Grace Zabriskie (Linda Bailey), Assumpta Serna (Cleo), Linda Fiorentino (Alma D'Angeli), Elias Koteas (Jesus).
Director of Production: Anant Singh.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Distant Horizon, 52 Crescent Avenue, Staten Island, 10301 N.Y., USA, tel. 718-8166732, fax 718-2732766.
