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| Gasoline
Year: 2002
Classification: Foreign Film - Italian
Directed:
- Monica Lisa Stambrini
Actors/Actresses:
- Regina Orioli
Thelma and Louise do Italy!
Two lovely young girls (a pretty blonde and her butchy brunette girlfriend) fall in love working together at a gas station/luncheonette, and then are forced to run away after they accidentally kill the mother of the pretty blonde. Along the way they have a run in with a couple of drunken guys and their equally blotto girlfriend, all of which leads to a fiery conclusion. There's lots of sub-titled dialogue in between, including the ghost of the pretty blonde girl's mother telling her what she should do. Also, some surprisingly sexy moments, including a hot make-out session in a public bathroom between the two young women. Interesting, but too action-oriented for an erotic flick and not enough action for an adventure flick.
Wish I went up in flames
I saw this at the Pikes Peak Lavendar Film Festival and I thought it was absolutely horrible. I thought the acting was retched and the storyline bounced all over the place. Some people might like this dvd, but I would never waste my time on it again. The worst part is I fell asleep so I don't know what happened at the end ;o) Happy hunting.
LESBIAN LOVE ON THE RUN!
GASOLINE (BENZINA): LESBIAN LOVE ON THE RUNBR> BR>When a movie starts out with a shot of a dead blonde woman, seemingly BR>murdered and surrounded by what appears to be cocaine, you know you're in for a BR>wild ride. And in "Gasoline", your companions on this road trip are two young BR>lesbian lovers named Stella and Eleonora. "Oh, no! Not another movie about BR>a pair of killer lesbians!" you may be saying to yourself. But "Gasoline" BR>("Benzina"), the new lesbian-themed action flick imported from Italy, stands out BR>in that the action is seriously bolstered by the dynamics between the two BR>chicks. They're in love, and it's both tender and hot to watch at the same time. BR>These two gals on the run may both be a bit crazy, but they're certainly not BR>as delusional as the pair of sapphic lovers in "Heavenly Creatures" or as BR>deranged as the duo of murderous gals in "Baise Moi". Stella (Maya Sansa) is a BR>tomboyish brunette with a "don't-f*ck-with-me" kind of attitude. Eleonora is a BR>mousy, bespectacled blonde who seems fragile... and possibly a bit mentally BR>unbalanced. At a somewhat isolated gas station/coffee bar, Stella (who may BR>remind you of a butch Winona Ryder) does the car repairs, while Eleonora (or BR>"Lenni") tends the bar. Their quiet life is disrupted when Lenni's glamorous BR>mother (Mariella Valentini) pays a surprise visit. Mom is upset about her BR>daughter's living conditions, and she gets more upset when she peeks in the window BR>and sees the two girls engaged in a passionate kiss-- at one point confronting BR>Eleonora with, "You've quit school to become a lesbian gas station attendant?!" BR>Like in "Thelma ; Louise", Stella and Eleonora inadvertently find themselves BR>in a bad situation. In "Gasoline", the bad situation is the accidental death BR>of Eleonora's mother. So... the two gal pals take off on a road trip that BR>doesn't, shall we say, go quite as smoothly as planned. Just what are they
going to do with Mom's dead body? With 20 million lire in hand (the equivalent of BR>about 12,000 American dollars), the two lovers plan to dump the body and BR>escape to Tunisia. At this point, we the audience have just the barest minimum of BR>character development. But we learn more about the two young ladies towards BR>the the middle of the movie... BR> BR>Will the girls have an easy ride? Well, two guesses won't be necessary. BR>Stella and Eleonora accidentally strike a motorcycle-riding priest with BR>their car, forcing them to reluctantly offer the middle-aged holy man a ride-- BR>with the mother's dead body still in the trunk! As if that dose of Catholic BR>guilt weren't enough, Lenni is hearing her dead mama's voice in her head during BR>the whole trip-- and needless to say, it ain't a voice of approval. To make BR>matters worse, the two lovers are stalked
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