{"id":89017,"date":"2022-12-25T01:11:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T08:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89017"},"modified":"2022-12-25T10:34:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T17:34:03","slug":"exposed-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89017","title":{"rendered":"Exposed (1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You have to turn the means around that were used on you: terror creates fear, fear creates violence, and violence creates change.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Poster-199x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-89018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Poster-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Poster-179x270.png 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Poster.png 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nShortly after moving to New York City, a young woman (Nastassja Kinski) from Wisconsin is discovered by a photographer (Ian McShane) who makes her into a famous model &#8212; but when Kinski falls in love with an enigmatic violinist (Rudolf Nureyev), she quickly finds herself in proximity to a ruthless terrorist (Harvey Keitel).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Harvey Keitel Films<\/li>\n<li>Models<\/li>\n<li>Nastassja Kinski Films<\/li>\n<li>New York City <\/li>\n<li>Terrorists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWriter\/director James Toback&#8217;s third feature &#8212; after an intriguing debut, <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4103\"><em>Fingers<\/em> (1978)<\/a>, and a nearly unwatchable follow-up, <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12733\"><em>Love and Money<\/em> (1982)<\/a> &#8212; was this equally presumptuous romantic adventure featuring terrible dialogue, (mostly) poor acting, and a confused plot about a young woman finding her way in and around the world. It&#8217;s not clear why Kinski&#8217;s character has a German accent given that she grew up on a Wisconsin farm &#8212; but regardless, we can see she has a penchant for picking terrible men, starting with Toback himself in a cameo role as a predatory English teacher she&#8217;s rightfully eager to get away from.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Toback2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Toback2-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Toback2-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Toback2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Toback2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Toback2-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Toback2-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Toback2.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Once in New York, she not only becomes a famous model lickety-split: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Kinski4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Kinski4-1024x564.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Kinski4-1024x564.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Kinski4-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Kinski4-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Kinski4-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Kinski4-490x270.png 490w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Kinski4.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but falls for a creep-tastic violinist played by ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Nuryev2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Nuryev2-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Nuryev2-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Nuryev2-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Nuryev2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Nuryev2-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Nuryev2-490x270.png 490w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Nuryev2.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pair share one of the most laughably contrived foreplay sequences I&#8217;ve ever seen: after hearing him play his violin, Kinski asks him, &#8220;What else do you play so beautifully?&#8221; and then proceeds to have her body &#8220;played&#8221; by his bow. (Yes, it&#8217;s just as weird as it sounds.) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Violin-Bow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Violin-Bow-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Violin-Bow-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Violin-Bow-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Violin-Bow-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Violin-Bow-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Violin-Bow-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Violin-Bow.png 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It turns out Nureyev&#8217;s character isn&#8217;t who he seems &#8212; or so he says (though it&#8217;s not really clear how or why this is important), but there is at least one more douchebag we have yet to encounter: Keitel&#8217;s single-named &#8220;Rivas&#8221;, a malignant narcissist who seems to have formed a cult-like following of people willing to bomb, murder, and destroy on his behalf: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Keitel2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Keitel2-1024x557.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Keitel2-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Keitel2-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Keitel2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Keitel2-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Keitel2-496x270.png 496w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Keitel2.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and who gets to spout some of the film&#8217;s most inane lines. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll tell you what I want: good food, women, good cigars, good beds with fresh sheets, hot showers, and Hilton hotels&#8230; New shoes, poker, blackjack, dancing, Clint Eastwood westerns. That&#8217;s what I want. And you.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Poor Bibi Andersson, getting herself sucked into this mess for even a few minutes in the opening sequences as Kinski&#8217;s mom back on the farm. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Andersson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Andersson-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Andersson-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Andersson-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Andersson-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Andersson-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Andersson-492x270.png 492w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Andersson.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Once I got far enough into this film to realize it was by the same director who made <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12733\">one of the worst movies in Peary&#8217;s book<\/a> (and that&#8217;s saying something), I was not at all surprised to learn that Toback &#8212; who has stated, &#8220;The idea is not to have a separation between my life and my movies.&#8221; &#8212; has been accused by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/la-et-mn-james-toback-women-sexual-harassment-breaking-silence-20180107-story.html\">hundreds of women<\/a> of sexual misconduct; it figures. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Henri Decae&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Wisconsin-Farm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Wisconsin-Farm-1024x567.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Wisconsin-Farm-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Wisconsin-Farm-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Wisconsin-Farm-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Wisconsin-Farm-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Wisconsin-Farm-488x270.png 488w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Wisconsin-Farm-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Exposed-Wisconsin-Farm.png 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNope; you can skip this one unless you&#8217;re a diehard Kinski fan. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085513\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1983\/04\/22\/movies\/exposed.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You have to turn the means around that were used on you: terror creates fear, fear creates violence, and violence creates change.&#8221; Synopsis: Shortly after moving to New York City, a young woman (Nastassja Kinski) from Wisconsin is discovered by a photographer (Ian McShane) who makes her into a famous model &#8212; but when Kinski falls in love with an enigmatic violinist (Rudolf Nureyev), she quickly finds herself in proximity to a ruthless terrorist (Harvey Keitel). Genres, Themes, Actors, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89017\"> 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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89017","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=89017"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89046,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89017\/revisions\/89046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}