Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974) (Blu-ray Review)
Directed By: Alain Robbe-Grillet
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michael Lonsdale
Rated: UR/Region A/1:66/1080p/Number of Discs 1
Available from Redemption
A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. The girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, and a pair of scissors impaled through her heart, as she lay attached to the bedposts. Apparently, the girl does have powers, to make all people around her fall prey to her spell, glissing progressively into desire, lust, and the unknown.
This 1974 film gives us a mysterious witchy woman who seems to be using her powers for anything but good! The film goes with the police and pretty much everyone expecting her of some rather nasty crimes and then comes the point of having to prove it. That, however, is hard to do when the woman is A) very good looking and B) has some powers to compliment her nice looks! So people get stabbed, people get tricked, and women get seductive. Overall, that is what I call a good time and I’m sure more of you who are really into films of this nature will probably have a field day.
As we take this trip into a very dark mind things do manage to get suspenseful, tense, erotic, and there is some drama to go on top of all that. I won’t say it is the best film to have all of these things I have ever seen, but the film is good enough to make for an OK time in front of your Blu-ray player. The transfer is solid as well. I think we have good detail and color with minimum film damage. If you must pick between films by Alain Robbe-Grillet, this might be the one you want if twisted attractive women are your thing.
– Newly mastered in HD from the original 35mm elements
– In French with optional English subtitles
– Interview with Alain Robbe-Grillet (33 min.)
– Three trailers for the films of Alain Robbe-Grillet
– 2014 promo short
