![]() The movie's subliminal message: Bring back the clavichord."Lipstick," which opened yesterday at the Loews State 2 and Loews Cine Theaters, was written by David Rayfiel and directed by Lamont Johnson ("The Groundstar Conspiracy," "The Last American Hero"), a shrewd, knowledgeable but not very interesting director, who is touted for his fearless way with controversial subjects. The message of "Lipstick," if I read it right, is less about the physical and legal vulnerability of women than about the sexual hang-ups of eccentric young men who compose music with synthesizers and laser beams. It is, however, anti-intellectual in the ways that B movies always have been. Sean Gage? I'm sure that's what he says, though why "Lipstick" hesitates to drop the name of John Cage, I've no idea.It's certainly not because "Lipstick" is too discreet. Its victim is a beautiful, hugely successful photographers' model, played by Margaux Hemingway, in real life a beautiful, hugely successful photographers' model who also happens to be Ernest's granddaughter.The rapist (Chris Sarandon) is a young man who composes avant-garde music and worships the works of another avant-garde composer, identified in the film as Sean Gage. "Lipstick" is what might be described as a glamour film about rape. ![]()
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