The story of the impossible love between a schoolgirl and a sixty-year-old painter.The story of the impossible love between a schoolgirl and a sixty-year-old painter.The story of the impossible love between a schoolgirl and a sixty-year-old painter.
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- TriviaThe movie began filming in August 1979, but did not debut theatrically until 1981. (It was shown at the Cannes Film Market in May 1980).
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Sarah Norton: Have you thought about going to bed with me?
Ashley St. Clair: Yes.
Sarah Norton: [walks over to the bed] Let's.
Ashley St. Clair: Obviously, no.
Sarah Norton: Why? Is it because you think I'm a virgin? Because if you think I am...
Ashley St. Clair: You are.
Sarah Norton: I am.
- Alternate versionsThe USA release was cut by 9 minutes due to censorship, and retitled "Obsession". The advertising tagline for this version was misleading: "In the tradition of Lolita...". The storyline, originally from Balzac's French novel, was not about a doomed "obsession" as in Stanley Kubrick's "Lolita", but about a love that knows no boundaries and one that rejuvenates the older painter. The American distributor who re-cut it didn't understand the intention of the film, and mistakenly saw it as prurient. This censored version currently (2020) circulates on streaming services such as Amazon Prime.
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Tatum O'Neal has been movie selective and has had a checkered past.
I truly enjoy every time I see Circle of Two. When I expect the cliches I see from watching numerous films, I do not get them--even when they approach them.
This is a doomed love, but one that is real. Very few films view this aspect of love without being sappy or swallowing themselves in sexual release.
I am biased toward Tatum O'Neal as an actress, so my comments are bent toward her as such. Yet, there is something in this film that makes me understand emotional truths.
I wish I could explain the importance of this film...
I truly enjoy every time I see Circle of Two. When I expect the cliches I see from watching numerous films, I do not get them--even when they approach them.
This is a doomed love, but one that is real. Very few films view this aspect of love without being sappy or swallowing themselves in sexual release.
I am biased toward Tatum O'Neal as an actress, so my comments are bent toward her as such. Yet, there is something in this film that makes me understand emotional truths.
I wish I could explain the importance of this film...
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