Like most anthology films, this thematically linked trio of shorts is a mixed bag. Wong Kar Wai's "The Hand," set in '60s Shanghai, is a small gem of sublimated lust; Michelangelo Antonioni's "The Dangerous Thread of Things," which unfolds in present-day Tuscany, is a disastrous examination of erotic ennui and Steven Soderbergh's "Equilibrium," set in New York in 1955, is a larky trifle about obsession. "Dangerous Thread" was shot in 2001; the other two were made almost two years later, when Soderbergh stepped in after Pedro Almodovar dropped out of the project. The three segments are connected by dreamy, animated erotic drawings by Lorenzo Mattotti, accompanied by ...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
108 mins