Blue Angel Cafe

Joe D'Amato was one of the most prolific of all the exploitation directors. He made nearly 200 films, which included the "Black Emmanuelle" series, cannibal gorefests, the "Ator" flicks, everything you can imagine. The marketing "geniuses" are taking advantage of his cult reputation now, releasing any D'Amato film they can get a hold of, and promoting it as a "lost cult classic". Well, I'm writing this comment to warn you: for "Blue Angel Cafe" only the word "lost" applies. This movie cannot be taken seriously as either a domestic drama (it's not believable) OR as a soft-core flick (the sex scenes are comically short, under even a minute long). The male lead has no screen presence and is an embarrassment to the word "actor" (and the guy who plays his friend, the one with the glasses, is even worse!). If it weren't for Tara Buckman's nicely toned body and decent acting, I'd give this movie an even lower rating than....*1/2 out of 4.

Joe D'Amato will always be loved by cult film fans for his best sleazy films (most of which starred Laura Gemser and were released during the seventies); but he surely wont be loved for this film. Object of Desire is an Italian film but made in an American style; what we end up with is an extremely cheap piece of soft-core porn that is much more likely to bore it's viewers than turn them on. The tired plot focuses on a politician with an ideal life. This is turned upside down one day when he meets Angie; a sexy bar singer and the two soon begin an illicit affair. The film isn't sleazy in the slightest and feels like something you might find on some low rent American TV network. The score rips off just about every romantic film ever made and is extremely tedious and painful. This matches the plot perfectly; as this is also tedious and painful, and the two together make this film a chore to sit through. Neither of the main characters or their situations are interesting in the slightest and the film was clearly made simply as a cash in for everyone involved. The film doesn't even have its sex scenes to fall back on; as these are extremely tame and very short anyway. Overall, Object of Desire is a tame and boring romantic drama and not even Joe D'Amato's hardcore faithful should bother tracking this garbage down!