Of the long list of couples who have loved neither wisely nor particularly well, few have such power to disturb as Burton Pugach and the love of his life, Linda Riss. Using interviews with friends, relations and the lovers themselves, Dan Klores' gripping 90-minute documentary follows their shocking, true-life saga from their first meeting in 1957 in a Bronx park, through an unspeakable act of passion, to the present day. And while remaining admirably nonjudgmental about his subjects, Klores raises a key question: What holds lovers together, and does love have anything to do with it?
Depending on how you look at it, Burton Pugach was either a postwar succes...
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
92 mins