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'Kissed'

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Poor Matt, for as much as he
tries to satisfy Sandra, he can't
ttempting to relax my compete with the lucky stiffs who
deeply furrowed brow as I await her back at the parlor.
exited the screening room, Sadly, his every gesture fails un-
I couldn't escape the con- til Matt realizes what he must
clusion that Boneyard Picture's do to win her over.
Given the subject mat-
Kissed was the sweetest,
ter, one would expect
most honest story about
MOVIES
this film to present as
love and necrophilia that
tongue-in-cheek or out-
I had ever seen.
At times tantalizing, at times right creepy, but surprisingly,
troubling, this movie by Cana- the story unfolds rather tender-
dian filmmaker Lynne Stop- ly, punctuated with touches of
kewich is an absolute original, sensuality and humor. Still, it is
likely to engross some viewers difficult to watch certain se-
quences in the film, especially
and gross out many more.
Based on a story by Barbara where various intimate aspects

Rated R

THE PERSUASIONS

A

"THE KINGS OF A CAPPELLA"

IN CONCERT

SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1997

Molly Parker stars as a young necrophile in Kissed.

Gowdy, Kissed follows the plight
of Sandra Larson (Molly Parker)
as she pursues her affinity for all
things dead. The obsession be-
gins in her formative years, with
the young Sandra finding herself
playing mortician for deceased
rodentia and birds while the oth-
er girls are playing with dolls.
As a young woman, she re-
mains more fascinated with
death than life, forsaking her job
at a flower shop for employment
at the Wallis Funeral Home.
There, she becomes a macabre
Charlie to Mr. Wallis' ghastly
Willie Wonka, eagerly learning
the embalming business, inside
and out.
While the workday proves to
be rewarding, Sandra truly looks
forward to her after-hour frol-
ics with the corpses of recently
departed young men. Though
she views her pastime as private,
she reveals her attraction to a
young suitor named Matt, who
accepts her unconditionally and
manages to bed her almost im-
mediately.

Richard Halprin revels in the

living.

of embalming are detailed.
As the credits rolled, I squint-
ed for information that would
suggest that Kissed was based
on a true story. Deep down, I
knew it was fictional, but I was
unwilling to fathom the mind
that would invent this most dis-
turbing tale of undying love.
In any event, if you can get
past the necrophilia, this is a
pretty nice movie.

1J2

— Richard Halprin

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