Product: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Two-Disc Special Edition) (2006)
Rating: 5.0
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Based on Milan Kundera's heady novel, Kaufman's steamy, intelligent film about a playboy doctor who wishes to live without the burden of commitments--to people or ideologies--was the kind of arthouse film that Americans flocked to in droves. It's not hard to see why: A distinguished cast, including the phenomenal Day-Lewis and Binoche, titillating scenes of passionate lovemaking featuring Olin au naturel, and the tense, historic setting certainly helped. Aside from its "Last Tango"-style prurience, "Being" is an intelligent rumination on eros and existence.