Wow! This spectacular film was entirely improvised. Adam Rifkin is a creative genius. Multi-talented Charlie Sheen's poetry is wonderfully unique. I listen and marvel. "Blackjack parallel, the city filled with gold. A preacher watches from the cell, no chance to break the mold." "Black and blue lunchbox drools pasta freely. Frozen bacon pie suffering from the heat cries out in a siren of pork." "Division of purity, the absence of dismissal...youthful hearts aware, not soon forgetting the power of twilight on the final day." One of a kind visuals. Facinating movie.
Gorgeous Valerie Breiman plays Phylis ("Rabble rouser. Call me 'Phyl'. Dress so dark; won't take the pill.). She has come to visit her only sister, Elisabeth, whom she was recently out of communication with for 6 years. Elisabeth, or "Lizzy" ("Lovely Lizzy, sign that check. Those diamonds hang from your throttled neck."), played by beautiful Claudia Christian, lives in a mansion with servants, married to a wealthy frenchman whom we do not see and are not told where he is (out of town on business? Away visiting France?). Through the dialogue and flashbacks, we learn that the two sisters grew up in a dysfunctional home with their villianous mother and longsuffering dad that strained their sibling relationship and and is still hurting them as individuals. Both girls, now young women, have grown up to be, in many aspects, too much like "Mom" and out of touch with their own identities.
We listen (and, in between, watch the creative interpretations and listen to Charlie's awesome poetry) to both sisters talk it all through and try to work it all out. Terrific supporting cast. Everybody delivers a memorable performance.
