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Safe
Originally released: 1995
Low-budget indie flick which turned Moore and Haynes into bankable properties. Moore plays a suburban housewife constrained by the fantasies of her own fear. Neither director not actor make it clear whether she's suffering from agoraphobia, paranoia, or a genuine knowledge of terrible eventualities. Extreme reactions force the viewer to re-evaluate the dark side of everyday life we ignore in order to cope - and, playing a woman who can't, Moore carries the movie, the camera never far from her face, or her brilliantly expressive hands.

Sophie Levy

Directed by
Todd Haynes | 1961
Info on: 3 films (director)
Starring
Xander Berkeley
Info on: 2 films (star)
Peter Friedman
Info on: 1 film (star)
Julianne Moore | 1961
Info on: 13 films (star)
Where next?
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Directed by Steven Soderbergh
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Directed by Michael Tolkin
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