{"id":5,"date":"2006-03-04T10:20:45","date_gmt":"2006-03-04T17:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5"},"modified":"2021-03-19T17:37:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T00:37:50","slug":"moon-in-the-gutter-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5","title":{"rendered":"Moon in the Gutter (1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I should have told you &#8212; it&#8217;s you I want.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Poster-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Poster-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Poster-92x128.jpg 92w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Poster.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen his sister is raped and murdered, a stevedore (Gerard Depardieu) vows to find her killer; meanwhile, he falls for a wealthy young woman (Nastassja Kinski) and dumps his girlfriend (Victoria Abril).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Gerard Depardieu Films<\/li>\n<li>Nastassja Kinski Films<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Waterfront<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this follow-up to Jean-Jacques Beineix&#8217;s cult film <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51619\"><em>Diva<\/em> (1981)<\/a> is &#8220;delirious, pretentious, and obscure&#8221;, but nonetheless contains &#8220;many powerful scenes&#8221; and some undeniably &#8220;erotic visuals&#8221;. Beineix purportedly based Depardieu&#8217;s character on photos of Marlon Brando in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44325\"><em>A Streetcar Named Desire<\/em> (1951)<\/a> &#8212; a noble intention, but one which ultimately doesn&#8217;t pan out; while Depardieu has his own kind of sexy animal magnetism, he never comes close to channeling the unique spirit of Brando&#8217;s Kowalski.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nastassja Kinski as Loretta<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Kinski.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Kinski-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-51810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Kinski-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Kinski-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Kinski-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Kinski-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Kinski-1536x844.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Kinski-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Kinski.png 1639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Depardieu &#8212; on a bet &#8212; breaking a solid block of ice in half by gnawing his way through it<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Ice2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Ice2-1024x553.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-51811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Ice2-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Ice2-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Ice2-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Ice2-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Ice2-1536x829.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Ice2-500x270.png 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Moon-in-the-Gutter-Ice2.png 1647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See?<br \/>\n<\/strong>No. While the film was subject to much critical debate when it came out, it no longer warrants such attention. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0085878\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/the-moon-in-the-gutter-1983\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/73481.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I should have told you &#8212; it&#8217;s you I want.&#8221; Synopsis: When his sister is raped and murdered, a stevedore (Gerard Depardieu) vows to find her killer; meanwhile, he falls for a wealthy young woman (Nastassja Kinski) and dumps his girlfriend (Victoria Abril). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: French Films Gerard Depardieu Films Nastassja Kinski Films Revenge Waterfront Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this follow-up to Jean-Jacques Beineix&#8217;s cult film Diva (1981) is &#8220;delirious, pretentious, and obscure&#8221;, but&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5\"> 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-5","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\/5","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=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70675,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions\/70675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}