Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Goodbye Gemini (1970)


Directed by Alan Gibson
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Scorpion Releasing)

Twins Judy Geeson and Martin Potter move to a mansion in swinging London circa 1970. The two not only live in a weird "twin world", but refuse to grow up. Soon they are manipulated by a group of young hipsters lead by bisexual Clive. The male twin gets seduced by two men in drag in a dirty hotel room while the female twin is seduced by Clive. Clive's gambling debts catch up to him and he blackmails the twins for money. They kill him in an innovative manner. The film kind of comes to a halt at this point with the twins separating. Judy runs off to hide in an older man's apartment while Martin holes up in the same dirty hotel room. The police are looking for them and question people. All this leads to a rather hum drum ending. However, I do like Judy Geeson and the hedonistic London atmosphere is convincing.



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