Liebestraum

Director-writer-composer Mike Figgis once again grafts stylish, moody visuals onto an unbelievably plotted suspense thriller, this one bearing more than a passing resemblance to Kenneth Branagh's DEAD AGAIN, but lacking the latter's energy, cinematic force, and bravura acting.

Nick Kaminsky (Kevin Anderson), an architectural writer, has arrived in Elderstown to meet his dying mother, Mrs. Anderssen (Kim Novak), from whom he was separated as a baby, when by chance he meets Paul Kessler (Bill Pullman), an old college chum who's overseeing the demolition of the local Ralston Department Store. After saving Paul from falling masonry, Nick is allowed to study the his...