"Why did God create men? Because vibrators can't mow the lawn."
Production
US working title: Snake Eyes Directed by: Abel Ferrara Written by: Nicholas St. John Produced by: Freddy De Mann, Mary Kane, Ron Rotholz Production company: Maverick Picture Company Location: LA & NY (US) Date of filming: February 1993 Budget: -
Cast
Harvey Keitel
Madonna
James Russo
Nancy Ferrara
Reilly Murphy
Victor Argo
Leonard L. Thomas
Kristina Fulton
Heather Bracken
Glenn Plummer
Niki Munroe
Lori Eastside
John Snyder
Adina Winston
Dylan Hundley
Eddie Israel
Sarah Jennings
Francis Burns
Madlyn Israel
Tommy
Director of Photography
Prop Guy
Blonde (as Christina Fulton)
Stewardess
Burns' Buddy
Girl in Trailer
Party Guest
Party Guest
Party Guest
Party Guest
Trivia
Madonna on the film: "Even though it's a shit movie and I hate it, I am good in it." She also expressed her disappointment regarding the final cut of the film, claiming that the director had cut many key scenes featuring herself, with completely changing the ending of the film.
Soundtrack
Original Music by: Joe Delia
The soundtrack doesn't contain any songs by Madonna.
Release
Released as: Dangerous Game Released in theatres: November 19th, 1993 (US) Released on DVD: April 30th, 2001 (Europe) / July 26th, 2005 (US) Runtime: 108 minutes Genre: Drama MPAA rating: R Box office: $ 72,500 (US)
Synopsis
Eddie Israel is a moviemaker. He is beginning the shooting of "The mother of mirrors", starring Francis Burns and Sarah Jennings. "The mother of mirrors" is the story of the last night of a couple falling into decay. Eddie is very demanding with the actors, and the heavy atmosphere of the film acts upon the daily life of the protagonists.
Rating
This film is a quite an uncommercial one, with a disturbing plot and a confusing cinematography. The story itself is far from exciting though, but it has some good scenes, mostly because Madonna here gives an unusually convincing performance, rare from her in the drama genre. She plays the struggling actress well, who even has to endure a rape in the film-within-a-film. 5/10