Claire of the Moon

Set in a women's writing retreat in Oregon, Claire of the Moon begins it's long and tedious journey. The first time I saw the movie, all I could think is, "When are they going to do IT?", but when I saw it for the second time, I got the message Nicole Conn tries to convey. Buried under the rather stiff acting of Trisha Todd and Karen Trumbo (and for that matter, all the other actors in this movie) is the most complicated problem in any relationship: exploring intimacy. The intentions are good for all involved in revealing Clare and Noel's fear of intimacy, but poorly followed throughout the tale. Conn tries too hard to make this view analytical and intelligent but succeeds in making it so intelligent that it becomes tiresome. Not that I did not like this movie; I did. But I endure this movie only for the final scene. The end leaves us wanting for the real story to finally begin, but it is too late...the movie is over. Now for the confession: I really like this movie, but only with a grain of salt, and that is how it should be viewed.

This was a wonderfully done sensual and seductive movie. I first saw it a few years back and was mesmerized by the playfulness of the words of the two main characters, Noel and Claire. Playfulness of course then leading to a wonderful development of their relationship.

I've since bought the video, and musical score.

I find the film hauntingly erotic.

Feb. 5. 2000.

This movie used all the right tools to pull at this romantics heart strings(I loved the score). My only criticism is that I wish more time was spent on the two main characters attraction to one another and less time talking,the ending left me wondering about the day after( maybe there's a sequel in the works). This really is a cool love story and I've seen it over and over again(Trisha Todd is HOT!). A little on the intellectual side but, I overlooked it for the sake of romance.

Five minutes into this movie about women at a writer's retreat had me reaching for the remote...., but I'm sticking it out and it isn't getting any better. Each character is just posing, as three-dimensional as a life-size cardboard Alice B. Toklas. The pretty one smokes clove cigarettes (or something in a box) and seduces men simply to use their bodies. Each woman is an idiot. I'm watching as they mug their disapproval when they're not given ponderous dialogue to regurgitate (like this line I just wrote). After 45 minutes of this, I'm starting to think that lesbianism is unnatural, the way these characters discuss how "it happened." The acting is mostly bad, the sound makes some of the voices sound like shrill noises, the cinematography is flat, and the writing is really, really sucky.

The first 45 min of this movie is straight out of Murder She Wrote style of directing and acting *Rolls Eyes* Hence only a 7 vote for me... However - skip past the first 45 minutes of plain bad acting, directing and script etc etc etc and the remaining hour is actually well worth the watch! The plot will not suffer any for skipping this first 45 min - indeed this would have been better as a short movie.

Directed by a lesbian this movies has some good stuff to say about both hetero and lesbian relationships and the dynamics of each from a woman's perspective. It was all good sound stuff and I found it thought provoking and it held my attention. The romance and seductive scenes are also quite sensuous and 'worked' for me *smile* They show how a lesbian relationship may grow and develop for a hetero woman who has become bored of men being so 'easy' when it comes to sex. She finds that her 'power' simply doesn't work that way when it comes to women. Lesbian relationships being based upon very different dynamics to those of hetero relationships...

Hope you enjoy this movie too. :o))