Capt'n Dan and I have been intrigued by the movie created from Hemingway's "Garden of Eden" for some time. We love to read and research Hemingway, and caught wind of the movie online, but could never discover where it was playing or how to purchase a copy. I have read the book, but just today I found out that the movie is on pre-sale, and we've ordered our copy and will finally get to see it before the end of March!
I will review the movie after I've seen it, but if you'd like to watch it as soon as possible, you can purchase the movie here or if you want to read the book first, you can purchase it here.
Jack K. Huston plays a twenty-something Hemingway-ish writer living a splendidly bohemian low rent ex-pat existence in Paris until he meets a wealthy American (Mena Suvari) on a kind of art buying holiday.*
Once these two meet, the young "Hemingway" is introduced to the finer things in life (new sports car, new clothes, expensive restaurants & chalets) but also to a more decadent side of life (as it turns out that his new bride is a bi-sexual gender-bending adventurer). *
At first the young writer goes along with his flirty new brides games and even dyes his hair blonde to match hers (which gets shorter & shorter & more boyish as the film progresses). But when these platinum blonde twins invite a third to play in their love games, a struggle for creative control over the relationship ensues.*
The struggle over sexual/gender identity & over the authorship or direction of the relationship is fascinating to watch, and the couple's beautiful Spanish companion is really something to see as she sheds her suit & bathes au natural in the cool Mediterannean sea that provides the stunning backdrop to this impossibly lush & lascivious "eden".*
*Excerpts from Amazon review by
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