From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxj!mhuxa!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxf!neff
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Nastassja Kinski and EXPOSED
Article-I.D.: ihuxf.357
Posted: Sat Apr 23 00:41:57 1983
Received: Mon Apr 25 00:53:53 1983

I've just come back from seeing Nastassja Kinski in her latest movie, 
EXPOSED and i thought I'd waste your time with my comments on the actress
and the movie.

First, Nastassja -  her performance in TESS was to me little short of perfection.
I cannot imagine anyone doing a better job in that role.
I am also one of those few  people who actually liked CAT PEOPLE.
I think Kinski's acting in that movie was incredibly underrated; she
incorporated beautifully the elements of innocence, mystery and sensuality
that the role required.
To be perfectly honest, I'm an unabashed Nastassja Kinski fan.
No number of negative comments or reviews have ever deterred me from going
to her movies.
In fact I  fought rush hour traffic going into 
Chicago with a friend just to see her new movie.
Now that I have "exposed" myself as a Kinski addict here are my comments 
on EXPOSED.

EXPOSED is the first film by James Toback that I've seen and it is sure
to be my last.  Toback wrote, directed, produced and acted in the movie.
As an actor his talent is nonexistent.    Fortunately he has only a small role.
Unfortunately his acting ability far outshines his ability as a
screenwriter.  I won't bore you with the plot.  The story is too
inconceivably idiotic to mention, I've never heard so much awkward,
irrelevant and contrived dialogue.  Toback has absolutely no ear for 
the way normal people talk.
The direction was chaotic and the scenes between Kinski and Rudolf Nureyev
are embarrassing to watch.
It is hard to believe that any responsible filmmaker would take credit
for the production of this travesty.
Toback is definitely a man to avoid in the movies.

Any display of acting ability in this movie was totally wasted.  Everyone
was smothered by the ridiculous script.  Kinski was watchable during
some of the early scenes but those scenes weren't worth the pain of
sitting through the entire movie.
When the audience starts laughing during what is supposed to be a
touching death scene you know you're watching a loser.

With roles like this Kinski can kiss her acting career goodbye.
I still have hopes for in her upcoming films though.
She will be starring with Dudley Moore in "Unfaithfully Yours",
in "The Moon in the Gutter" - the new film by the director of "Diva"
and she is set to play the part of Susie the bear in the film version
of "Hotel New Hampshire".
These films should provide her with sufficient opportunity to prove
herself as an actress.  I hope she survives, I know she has the potential.