Henry & June Page #6

Synopsis: In 1931 Paris, Anais Nin meets Henry Miller and his wife June. Intrigued by them both, she begins expanding her sexual horizons with her husband Hugo as well as with Henry and others. June shuttles between Paris and New York trying to find acting jobs while Henry works on his first major work, "Tropic of Cancer," a pseudo-biography of June. Anais and Hugo help finance the book, but June is displeased with Henry's portrayal of her, and Anais and Henry have many arguments about their styles of writing on a backdrop of a Bohemian lifestyle in Paris.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Philip Kaufman
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
NC-17
Year:
1990
136 min
645 Views


Yeah?

I'm sorry.

- I lost my head. I was drunk. | - Don't be sorry.

This new lover of yours | has really made you bloom.

- It's chilly. | - Tell me more about him.

Did you make curtains for him?

Did you give him books to read?

Did you give him a typewriter?

No, you don't understand.

I don't understand?

What don't I understand?

That I love you.

Love?

You just want experience. | You're a writer.

You make love to whatever you need.

- You're just like Henry. | - No, I'm just like you.

I can see exactly what you're doing.

You're so slippery. | So slippery.

You b*tch!

Liar, trickster. | You bought his love!

Shut up!

You both robbed me blind.

You stole everything.

- What do I care? I've got more to give. | - Shut up.

To someone new. | Some truly great writer.

Henry said you just took us in | because you were bored.

That's a lie.

A lie.

I was dreaming about you.

Anais.

What's wrong?

She lies.

She lies. | What is she afraid of?

I don't understand. | I tried to give her everything.

I know.

Very pretty. | Just like I figured it.

Now I know everything.

I wanted to return something | before I leave.

Some books I borrowed.

June, you're wrong!

We're just friends. | I never touched her.

Get rid of her, Henry.

All right, you made your choice.

I've only got one more thing | I can give you.

Your last chapter.

Watch closely.

What are you doing out here? | It's freezing.

I thought she'd do something crazy. | I never know.

I looked all over for her.

She's gone.

This is mine.

This is mine, too.

I feel like the war's over.

Hey, what are you doing? | Come on.

Leave that there.

Stay with me, for Christ's sake. | We gotta talk.

I can't.

- Where are you going? | - Home.

What?

Yeah.

Hugo.

I love him, too. | You married a great guy.

F*** you, Jack.

That won't do it.

That won't get rid of me.

You're my friend.

I'm going to come after you.

Hey, how can you leave me | at a time like this?

I need you.

I need you.

I thought you might need a lift.

Is everything all right?

Hey, Henry.

Give me your hand.

That morning I wept.

I wept because I loved the streets | that took me away from Henry...

and would lead me back to him.

I wept because the process | by which I had become a woman...

was painful.

I wept because from now on...

I would weep less.

I wept because I had lost my pain...

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Philip Kaufman

Philip Kaufman (born October 23, 1936) is an American film director and screenwriter who has directed fifteen films over a career spanning more than five decades. He has been described as a "maverick" and an "iconoclast," notable for his versatility and independence. He is considered an "auteur", whose films have always expressed his personal vision.His choice of topics has been eclectic and sometimes controversial, having adapted novels with diverse themes and stories. Kaufman's works have included genres such as realism, horror, fantasy, erotica, Westerns, underworld crime, and inner city gangs. Examples are Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Michael Crichton's Rising Sun (1993), a remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), and the erotic writings of Anaïs Nin's Henry & June. His film The Wanderers (1979) has achieved cult status. But his greatest success was Tom Wolfe's true-life The Right Stuff, which received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. According to film historian Annette Insdorf, "no other living American director has so consistently and successfully made movies for adults, tackling sensuality, artistic creation, and manipulation by authorities." Other critics note that Kaufman's films are "strong on mood and atmosphere," with powerful cinematography and a "lyrical, poetic style" to portray different historic periods. His later films have a somewhat European style, but the stories always "stress individualism and integrity, and are clearly American." more…

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