It’s finally Friday! What a looooooooong week. The sad thing is, I have to work tonight. I had Tuesday night off from my full-time job to take care of some monthly business at my part time job so, I “get” to work instead of vegging in front of a movie and relaxing from such a crazy week. Meanwhile, we’re supposed to go to a Halloween party tomorrow night. I know, Halloween was Monday… This Saturday is the date that worked for everyone’s schedule. Oh well…
At least all of you can enjoy a relaxing night tonight! Without further ado, I’d like to introduce my lesbian themed movie for this week (and one of my favorites), Bound
Bound, a 1996 release (yes, really, that long ago) has a little bit of everything. It will hold the attention of most fans of comedy, romance, drama, suspense, thriller, gangster, and crime caper movies. It was among the first movies with a lesbian theme that I saw when I first came out. That’s not to say it’s a lesbian movie. It could be classified as that but it really is all those other things too. The lesbian theme is a large part of the overall story but it truly is a very well developed, intricate story.
Bound also stars superb character actor Joe Pantoliano as a co-lead, long-time character actor John P. Ryan, and Christopher Meloni (Law and Order SVU…before the series). It’s directed by Andy and Lana Wachowski (both best known for the Matrix movie series).
Anything I really say about it is going to spoil some part of the plot. You have to watch the movie. Against my better judgement, I’m including Amazon’s Essential Video synopsis here but, I think it gives far too much away.
SPOILER BELOW:
Destined for cult status, this provocative thriller offers a grab bag of genres (gangster movie, comedy, sexy romance, crime caper) and tops it all off with steamy passion between lesbian ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon) and a not-so-ditzy gun moll named Violet (Jennifer Tilly), who meets Corky and immediately tires of her mobster boyfriend (Joe Pantoliano). Desperate to break away from the Mob’s influence and live happily ever after, the daring dames hatch a plot to steal $2 million of Mafia money. Their scheme runs into a series of escalating complications, until their very survival depends on split-second timing and criminal ingenuity. Simultaneously violent, funny, and suspenseful, Bound is sure to test your tolerance for bloodshed, but the film is crafted with such undeniable skill that several critics (including Roger Ebert) placed it on their top-ten lists for 1996. –Jeff Shannon
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