September 28, 2007
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Claudine Spiteri, Chris Nightingale, Barry Chipperfield, Gian Campi, Maria Novella Martinoli
Idiosyncratic Polish director Lech Majewski helmed this feature, which he adapted from his own novel Metaphysics. It concerns the romance that blossoms between an engineer named Chris (Chris Nightinga... read more 
DVD Release Date: August 12, 2008
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September 28, 2007
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
Unfortunately, the couple's intimacy is not especially interesting. Full Review
June 23, 2006
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
You're either going to love this film and run out to see everything Majewski has directed, or you're going to be bored silly.
June 21, 2006
Nathan Lee, New York Times
Lech Majewski's digital video riff on Death in Venice takes its name from the triptych by Hieronymus Bosch.
June 21, 2006
R. Emmet Sweeney, Village Voice
There is magic in these intimate passion plays, which are filled with sloppy, loving detail and are mounted without a hint of pretension. Each banal moment becomes achingly gorgeous. Full Review
June 23, 2006
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Chris is the putative author of the film's images, but they're overlaid with Claudine's relentlessly overwhelming voice-over, which alternates between a crisp, knowing lecture about Bosch and more per... Full Review
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