by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Strangers Kiss stars Peter Coyote as an obsessive independent filmmaker who will allow nothing to interfere with the completion of his B-flick "masterpiece." Gangster Richard Romanus agrees to bankroll the film, provided that his girlfriend Victoria Tennant is cast in the leading role. Aware that there is no rapport whatsoever between Tennant and leading man Blaine Novak, Coyote stage-manages a real-life romance between the two--even though this will mean disaster for Novak should Romanus find out. Best described as a whimsical roller-coaster, Strangers Kiss doggedly avoids predictability throughout. The film might make an intriguing double feature with Woody Allen's similarly-themed Bullets Over Broadway (1994).
characteristics
- Filmmaker
- Mafia
- Mob
- Scheme
- Yakuza
- Gang
- Leading-role
- Director
- Love-triangle
- Romantic
- Actor's Life
- Romance
- Filmmaking
- Underdogs
- B-movies
