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''CAT PEOPLE'' (1982), directed by Paul Schrader, is the remake of Jacques Tourneur's ''THE CAT PEOPLE'' (1942). In New Orleans the young virgin Irena Gallier (Nastassja Kinski) meets her brother Paul (Malcolm Mc Dowell) never seen before because she was sent to an orphanage after their parents' death. Meanwhile a prostitute
is torn to pieces by a panther in a motel's room. The panther is captured and caged at the zoo where Oliver Yates (John Heard) the head zoologist becomes friend to Irena who has found a job at a souvenirs' shop near the zoo. The panther flees from the zoo and Irena meets Paul again: he reveals to her that their parents were actually brother and sister and that both were panthers turning into humans after intercourses provided that same be incestuous. He also tells Irena that men-panthers must kill
a human being before transforming into human again. Irena runs away terrorized by these revelations and she seeks support from Oliver with whom she starts an affair.
I leave the rest of the story to anyone intending to watch the movie. The film is a big show worked out on a remarkable budget and enrolling stars of clear fame. Cinematography is good, the story is enthralling , only the script is sometimes swerving but not receding from showing erotic and scabrous situations.
David Bowie sings ''Putting out fire'' from the score written by Giorgio Moroder while the final credit titles run.
is torn to pieces by a panther in a motel's room. The panther is captured and caged at the zoo where Oliver Yates (John Heard) the head zoologist becomes friend to Irena who has found a job at a souvenirs' shop near the zoo. The panther flees from the zoo and Irena meets Paul again: he reveals to her that their parents were actually brother and sister and that both were panthers turning into humans after intercourses provided that same be incestuous. He also tells Irena that men-panthers must kill
a human being before transforming into human again. Irena runs away terrorized by these revelations and she seeks support from Oliver with whom she starts an affair.
I leave the rest of the story to anyone intending to watch the movie. The film is a big show worked out on a remarkable budget and enrolling stars of clear fame. Cinematography is good, the story is enthralling , only the script is sometimes swerving but not receding from showing erotic and scabrous situations.
David Bowie sings ''Putting out fire'' from the score written by Giorgio Moroder while the final credit titles run.