The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
In 1968, a Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Philip Kaufman
Written By: Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman, Milan Kundera
Starring: Stellan Skarsgård, Juliette Binoche, Erland Josephson, Daniel Olbrychski, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Philip Kaufman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Pavel Landovský
Country: USA
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being belongs to 32 collections
1. Criterion Collection (collaborative: moderated by caffe - 167 stars)
2. boobs (collaborative: moderated by Pickpocket - 51 stars)
3. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Scottathon - 39 stars)
4. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (collaborative: moderated by theficionado - 32 stars)
5. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 32 stars)
6. Full Female Frontal Nudity (Yes, Bush!) (collaborative: moderated by iceblox - 26 stars)
7. IMDb Top 250 Complete (collaborative: moderated by Jorg - 23 stars)
8. Academy Award - Oscar - ALL Best Picture, Directing, Acting & Screenplay Nominees (collaborative - 22 stars)
9. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2011 revision) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 14 stars)
10. Epic (collaborative - 8 stars)
11. 1960s period film (collaborative: moderated by djross - 8 stars)
12. List: Taschen (collaborative: moderated by KasperL - 6 stars)
13. Best by different standards (public: sesito71 - 6 stars)
14. AFI 100 Passions (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 5 stars)
15. Filmsite.org - Sex in the Movies, An Illustrated History (collaborative: moderated by afx237vi - 5 stars)
16. National Society of Film Critics: Best Film (collaborative: moderated by CCLZA - 4 stars)
17. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2007 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Scottathon - 4 stars)
18. Masters of Light: Modern Cinematography (collaborative: moderated by DeadFox - 3 stars)
19. Sven Nykvist, Cinematographer (collaborative: moderated by CCLZA - 2 stars)
20. Cinéma Derrier (collaborative - 2 stars)
21. NBR Top 10 Films (collaborative: moderated by xacviant - 1 star)
22. Films available in HD (supplement) (collaborative: moderated by Jorg - 1 star)
23. Roger Ebert's Top 10 Films of 1988 (collaborative)
24. Sporadic's Blu-Ray/HD-DVD/DVD Collection (public: Strive)
25. 1988: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
26. 3: High Priority (public: KasperL)
27. My DVD Collection (public: balseiros)
28. Bajar (public: escarta)
29. Movies I Own (public: Farzan)
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Kavu | 60 32nd |
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The unbearable boredom of watching this movie.
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Ytadel | 2 14th |
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The Unbearable Boringness of this Movie lol. *reads other mini-reviews* Well shit someone already made that gag. Guess I’ll just say that all this dreary 3 hour slog of tedious affairs and even more tedious political pontificating about shit that happened in the 60s really had going for it was 31 year old Lena Olin’s naked body. *re-reads other mini-reviews* well shit there are no original thoughts left in the world are there
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aarona1c | 90 81st |
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A great movie that comes off as a guilty pleasure for me. Probably because I first watched it when I was younger, when I watched it for the sex and not for the romance. When the romance grew on me, I think that is when it became the guilty pleasure. Now that I'm older, the sex is the guilty pleasure.
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rthornhill | 95 93rd |
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Fantastic, romantic, tragic...and more. Highly recommended.
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Okkervil | 53 42nd |
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An at times beautifully shot film, held together by the excellent DDL and Binoche. Even so I found it very cliche, at times dull and actually slightly unintentionally silly. It really didn't do anything for me because frankly the charm of watching DDL slowly and methodically bang his way through Europe wears thin pretty quick. Perhaps I just wasn't in the mood for it? But even so I'm not likely to give this movie a second chance!
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W00DY | 91 96th |
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Day-Lewis is electrifying in this brilliant adaptation. Kundera apparently disliked the movie so much that all of his subsequent novels contain a notice forbidding its adaptation to screen. I must read the novel so because the imagery, sybolism, photography and direction all shine.
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thehynes | 40 12th |
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I wish the Soviets had invaded on day 1 & one of their tanks had crushed DDL's wang.Roll credits.
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Lilirose | 68 27th |
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Il libro e' molto superiore qualitativamente; un film un po' anonimo e lento, ma che si guarda volentieri.
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| Average Percentile 59.1% from 1015 Ratings |  |