watched "venus" last night. heard so much about peter o'toole's performance that i thought it was a must see. words like "heart-breaking" and "the best of his career" and "sly" and "winsome" were bandied about. he was nominated for an oscar for it. i think o'toole is one of the finest (still) living actors out there. the mere fact that he is still alive after a lifetime of living on booze, pussy and cigarettes is praise-worthy enough. he deserves the statue just for that.
but i have to say, that movie was just down-right creepy. i'm all for randy old men lusting after totally hot fresh tail (lolita is a favorite, not to mention lost in translation) but this was a lesson in queasiness. not to mention there was a scene involving toe-nail cutting. it was practically a horror film. hostel has nothing on this flick.
the only thing that saved it for me was an extra interview with o'toole in which he described the film as this:
"it's about a dirty old man and a slutty young girl." and old man feet. yeeesssh.
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