Savage Nights | 
| Actors: Rene-marc Bini, Corine Blue, Romane Bohringer, Christophe Chantre, Clementine Celarie
Studio: Polygram Video
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 24866
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 126 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6303236561
UPC: 780063060738
EAN: 9786303236568
ASIN: 6303236561
Theatrical Release Date: February 25, 1994
Release Date: April 20, 1999
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Condition: previous rental
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Savage Nights is a semi-autobiographical story of the rebellion of a suburban Frenchman with AIDS (writer-director Cyril Collard) who carelessly slips in and out of bisexual affairs. A major hit in France, where it won the Cesar (the French equivalent of an Oscar) three days after its creator died of AIDS, this is a bitter, energetic look at love in the '90s, one that is far removed from Jonathan Demme's more whitewashed Philadelphia. Collard's story is jumbled, but his presence is inviting as a latter-day bohemian. Romane Bohringer (The Accompanist) plays one of his loves, a woman with maddening devotion. --Doug Thomas
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Unusual and Effective March 2, 2001
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This film centers on a bisexual in Paris who has a rough relationship with alot of people, including his parents, his girlfriend, and homophobics. The film itself is as realistic as fiction can get, and entertains without needing sensationalism. The end sequences, where time is filmicly altered to give someone a second chance at love, hit a deep current in me. This may be a 'gay interest' film, but for someone like me who is not gay but appreciates a courageous, quality film, this is an intriguing, unusual pick.
Savage Life? March 15, 2000
Will Benson (New York, NY)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
i completely agreee with the other reviewers. this is a life giving film that intrigues me every time i watch it. why? because it is real life. no apologies, no sermons, no backing away. i am deeply sorry that mr collard is not around to enlighten us some more. the film is rough, tough and gritty, but so is life. i treasure this film among my favorites. this was his life and whether we love it, hate it or just accept it, he brings his life (right or wrong)to us in a film that cannot be more truthful or more sincerely portrayed as he has done. i admire his humanity.
awsome, educational, gutsy August 4, 2000
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I just now discovered this movie. At first I was shocked because it was not something I expected to see. This one is definetly one of my favorite movies (I have my own copy of 'Savage Nights" film and a novel it was based on). It is very sad that the author is not with us anymore. I can realy admire him and his work for being so open and honest, I am sure locking those qualities. I give Cyril Collard and his movie a 10 star rating.
Incroyable February 29, 2000
Etem Dolen (Nanuet, NY)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
For my taste, this is one of the best French movies I've ever seen in recent years. It is bold and courageous, has a great story, and phenomenal acting. It is a big loss for all movie fans around the world that the person who made this movie is no longer here to make another one. This one is a keeper, buy and keep it forever.
This was a very brave , powerful, tour de force . June 29, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have only recently encountered Cyril Collard's film "Les Nuits Fauves"and have been living inside it for days now . Only the very best of films can generate this kind of intensity . It is brilliantly cast and sensitively acted by all . He has dealt with a very intimate and personal situation in his life, as an aids victim facing the possibility of an untimely death , but creatively as well , injecting into this story, pulsating themes about love , desire, acceptance and human frailty. His gift to everyone who has had the privilege of veiwing this work, would be his honest and penetrating approach to a life lived and his liberating perceptions of its meaning and purpose that hopefully we may all hope to realise within our own. For myself , too, I am no longer afraid to live or to die. His creative talents , his films and his music , his person for those that knew him , are very much missed , I am sure. Love Tannis Curtis
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