erlummis Reviews

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981)

great film.

[8/10 · 10 September 2005]

I remember I saw this film in 1981. Being in my early twenties, it had an impact in me. It deals about obsessions in a man that having not aged to well due to a excessively free lifestyle, has to coupe with the fact that his own sexual capabilities are fading. Now, he can only get his act together, sometimes, after he watches his beautiful girlfriend being fondled by other men. On one occasion, he even hired a guy to be with her while he watched from a closet. The case is, his girlfriend,trying to help him so that he could perform, agreed to the thing. For the man, not going all the way while making love was a personal trauma. The circumstances about his descend are very well shown, almost in a classy way.

Your ticket is no longer valid explores something that recent surveys have shown all to well: it is a fantasy of many men to watch their partners doing it with another man. Whether that comes true or not is another issue.

The surroundings of the film are great as well as its locations. It has its funny moments also.There is a short part from that great actor, George Peppard.

A Night in Heaven (1983)

Great film

[8/10 · 6 July 2005]

I was lucky enough to watch "A Night in Heaven" in 1984, when it was shown in my country. I loved this film. Every time I have a chance, I review it, since I bought a copy in VHS a couple of years ago from a store that sells oldies in Ft. Laud. I don't know why, but watching it always lifts my spirits. Maybe it's because I was in my early twenties then, could relate to Christopher Atkins's character, and also, because I recall being in some of the places shown in the film. I think a especial edition should come out in DVD, including the parts which were edited, because it should have been a little longer. For instance,developing more the part when Whitney encounters and old friend. (Did he have an affair with her?). Was that the motive that made him accept the situation of his wife having an encounter with Ricky Rocket? Anyway,for me it was a great film, one I can keep watching over and over for years to come. Plus, great music and score from Bryan Adams.