{"id":1727,"date":"2006-11-04T11:41:26","date_gmt":"2006-11-04T18:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2021-03-21T23:54:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T06:54:38","slug":"butterfly-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1727","title":{"rendered":"Butterfly (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s right if it feels good.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Poster-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Poster-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Poster-88x128.jpg 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Poster.jpg 691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nMine caretaker Jess Tyler (Stacy Keach) is tried by Judge Rauch (Orson Welles) for &#8220;improper relations&#8221; with his illegitimate grown daughter, Kady (Pia Zadora).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Con-Artists<\/li>\n<li>Courtroom Drama<\/li>\n<li>Incest and Incestuous Undertones<\/li>\n<li>Mining Towns<\/li>\n<li>Stacy Keach Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this infamous backwoods melodrama, starring one-time child actress Pia Zadora &#8212; best known for <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1857\"><em>Santa Claus Conquers the Martians<\/em> (1964)<\/a> &#8212; is &#8220;trashy&#8221; and &#8220;some scenes are impossibly bad and embarrassing,&#8221; but it&#8217;s &#8220;not quite as terrible as its reputation.&#8221; Indeed, Pia Zadora is a natural at portraying a scheming, manipulative young sexpot, and the story (based on James M. Cain&#8217;s novel) contains a surprising number of interesting plot twists. The notorious &#8220;bathtub scene&#8221; (in which Zadora successfully seduces Keach) may shock some &#8212; but given that these are two consenting adults who&#8217;ve never met before (<em>and <\/em>given later plot developments), it&#8217;s not really all that titillating. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Baby-faced&#8221; Pia Zadora, all grown up<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Zadora.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Zadora-1024x531.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"332\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-48279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Zadora-1024x531.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Zadora-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Zadora-128x66.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Zadora-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Zadora-1536x796.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Zadora.png 1727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Orson Welles in a surprising bit role as the local judge<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Welles.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Welles-1024x519.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"324\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-48281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Welles-1024x519.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Welles-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Welles-128x65.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Welles-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Welles-1536x779.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Butterfly-Welles.png 1745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look simply for the notoriety surrounding Zadora&#8217;s simultaneous reception of the Golden Globe award for &#8220;Best New Star of the Year&#8221; and the &#8220;Worst Actress Razzie.&#8221; I suspect you&#8217;ll agree that neither was truly warranted.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0082122\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoopy.com\/butterfly.htm\">Movie House Commentary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/02\/05\/movies\/pia-zadora-in-cain-s-butterfly.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s right if it feels good.&#8221; Synopsis: Mine caretaker Jess Tyler (Stacy Keach) is tried by Judge Rauch (Orson Welles) for &#8220;improper relations&#8221; with his illegitimate grown daughter, Kady (Pia Zadora). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Con-Artists Courtroom Drama Incest and Incestuous Undertones Mining Towns Stacy Keach Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this infamous backwoods melodrama, starring one-time child actress Pia Zadora &#8212; best known for Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) &#8212; is &#8220;trashy&#8221; and &#8220;some&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1727\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1727"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70771,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions\/70771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}