Indeed, it was a film that shouldn’t have happened, but did through sheer force of will and what Wiseman told indieWIRE in Cannes Wednesday afternoon was its “zeitgeist” – or luck – that managed to carry the film despite a long series of breakdowns, drama and mishaps that threatened to destroy the film. “It was a labor of love, a work of passion,” said Wiseman.īabenco, Wiseman, Hurt and fellow cast members Raul Julia and Sonia Braga probably could not imagine the impact of “Kiss of the Spider Woman” as the production played out over a quarter century ago. The film went on to garner multiple Oscar nominations, including a Best Actor win for star William Hurt, in what many credit as a trailblazing model that ushered in the rise of the independent film movement that reached its crescendo the following decade. The feature, “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” went on to screen in competition at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival where it received a fifteen-minute standing ovation. “A and a commie in a jail cell, what a marketing nightmare.” Producer David Weisman made that quotable quote in a documentary about a film that became his obsession and the obsession of all involved.
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