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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

Director: Bob Rafelson

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From Time Out Film Guide

An honourable effort to be faithful to James M Cain's novel about a hobo and a waitress who murder her husband in Depression-era America. Nicholson and Lange make a class act, and the film does restore the overt sexuality missing from the 1946 version. But, disappointingly given his excellent track record with films like Five Easy Pieces, The King of Marvin Gardens and Stay Hungry, Bob Rafelson tries to make art out of high-grade pulp, with a resultant loss of energy.

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Time Out Film Guide

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  • Giuseppe Paolo Mazzarello said...
    Posted on Oct 07 2009 10:17 In 1895, Freud wrote: 'In the obsessive neurosis the substituted ideas are connected with painful experiences one tries to forget'. In his version, Visconti entitled this movie: 'Obsession'. A woman asks a man for killing her husband. The new couple gets sad. The woman is less sad only before her last car trip. The man driving causes an accident and cries before his dead woman. What were his painful experiences he tried to forget?
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Cast & crew

Director: Bob Rafelson

Producer: Charles Mulvehill, Bob Rafelson

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner, John P Ryan, Anjelica Huston, William Traylor full cast

Duration: 123 mins


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