Product: Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
Rating: 3.0
Kinski carries film
What I thought at first to be farcical comedy, turned into the genre of the horror story popular in Europe where the man become psychologically demented and going deeper and deeper into Freudian hysteria. This is not funny anymore but becomes a horror film in the classic style, much like the movie with Kinski before "Cat People." We see the protagonist become more and more demented with his own problem- this goes to a classic movie genre, and Kinski continues to show Hollywood how a film should be made in old school genre of the psychological horror.It would take more research, but this form of psychological thriller horror film done in an artistic style was literally invented in Germany with the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and did finally come to America where the horror film continued from the 20s onward. How much did Kinski have her hand in the idea of this film; I would assume a lot, since I have seen very few films like this that were not out of Europe, the only difference is Kinski seems to have taught the director and actors how to act in a "European manor" or acting. However because the English language isn't suited in the same fashion, it looks oddly out of place in this American film.I am not sure why the other reviewers said this was funny. After the first 10 minutes it was not funny at all but pure psychological horror if not Freudian. This is where Kinski parts from the norm in aspects of pure cinematic genius; she is a ton smarter about acting and movie philosophy than lets on. Kinski has gotten Dudley Moore and other actors to act how she see fits, as they obviously are good, working actors but that's where it ends-- they have not been taught acting in the classic sense-- and that is where this movie runs into more trouble and falls short of a masterpiece. But fortunately, the screen loves Kinski and she is a master at this genre of movie and the only one in the film, making the film impossible to stop watching as you see the master actress Kinski, carrying the film. No one on the set or other actors can keep pace with her utter and perfect brilliance, she is working on all cylinders here, and it is obvioiusly true then she is one of the best, classic, trained actresses of our time--- however it doesn't lift this nice try out of the doldrums.