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Desert Hearts
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Independent films.
- Drama.
- Motion pictures.
- Romance.
- Queer cinema.
- Genre:
- Feature films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Place of Publication:
- Janus Films (The Criterion Collection) 1985
- [San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2019
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- Summary:
- Donna Deitch's swooning and sensual first narrative feature, DESERT HEARTS, was groundbreaking upon its release in 1985: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a shoestring budget, by a woman. In this 1959-set film, adapted from a beloved novel by Jane Rule, straitlaced East Coast professor Vivian Bell arrives in Reno to file for divorce but winds up catching the eye of someone new, the free-spirited young Cay, touching off a slow seduction that unfolds against a breathtaking desert landscape. With undeniable chemistry between its two leads, an evocative jukebox soundtrack, and vivid cinematography by Robert Elswit, DESERT HEARTS beautifully exudes a sense of tender yearning and emotional candor. Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Female Lead at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**
- Participant:
- Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau
- Notes:
- Title from title frames
- Film
- In Process Record
- Originally produced by Janus Films (The Criterion Collection) in 1985
- OCLC:
- 1119529524
- Publisher Number:
- 6793491 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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