{"id":21057,"date":"2016-06-17T20:20:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T00:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=21057"},"modified":"2017-02-28T19:59:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T00:59:13","slug":"the-crush-1993-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/17\/the-crush-1993-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crush (1993) [Blu-Ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"thecrush\"<\/a>There are a lot of allusions made to Nabakov\u2019s \u201cLolita\u201d with \u201cThe Crush.\u201d Whether intentional or not, it\u2019s interesting how the film parallels certain themes and scenes. When Nick decides to move in to a sort of run down house as he prepares to begin a new job at a magazine, his first look at fourteen year old stunner Adrian is almost beat for beat when Professor Humbert sees young Dolores for the first time. Rather than walking in on her in her yard, she\u2019s in short shorts, a tee, and rollerblades. When we see Adrian, she\u2019s dressed in about the kind of seductive attire she craftily saunters around in as a mode of luring in potential mates, and Nick is hooked.<\/p>\n

Except unlike Humbert, he gains something of an awareness of what trouble he\u2019s walking in to, as Adrian literally begins throwing herself at him. She shows up in his room while he\u2019s showering, and does little to deflect sexual come ons and innuendo she\u2019s not shy about giving him. By the time Nick realizes Adrian has taken their sexually playful relationship one step too far, he becomes his own worst enemy and digs himself in to a massive hole that seems inescapable by the finale.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Crush\u201d is a very good look at the destruction of a simple man thanks to the wiles of a young girl, particularly a young Alicia Silverstone. Silverstone gives a very good performance, and handles her sexuality with pitch perfect precision making it an alluring trait, and a remarkable weapon that only hampers every and any attempt Nick makes to push her out of his life for good. Though its never explored outright, Nick almost finds the come ons and aggression by Adrian charming and even erotic.<\/p>\n

One scene involving a botched attempt to steal back picture from her room that turns in to a strip tease clearly indicates Nick isn\u2019t completely troubled by her fixation on him. Only when people begin getting seriously injured and nearly killed by Adrian\u2019s manipulation and smart staging of events does Nick eventually have to ensure that he ends her obsession before it becomes all too fatal. \u201cThe Crush\u201d is a solid thriller filled with strong turns by Cary Elwes and Alicia Silverstone. It\u2019s also one of the stronger thrillers cut out of the cloth of \u201cFatal Attraction.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Blu-Ray release from Scream Factory includes the two minute theatrical trailer for the film, and a thirty second TV spot. There\u2019s an audio commentary with writer and director Alan Shapiro who is joined by Mondo Digital\u2019s Nathaniel Thompson. The pair of hosts trade questions with one another, and Shapiro discusses changing Silverstone\u2019s characters name from Darian to Adrian.<\/p>\n

If you watch the original trailer, you can hear Elwes calls the character Darian. \u201cThe Doting Father\u201d is a ten minute interview with legendary character actor Kurtwood Smith, who plays Adrian\u2019s father in the film. He discusses his large career and his experience working with Silverstone. \u201cStung by Love \u2013 An Interview with Jennifer Rubin\u201d is a brand new thirteen minute sit down with with actress Jennifer Rubin who discusses how she was hired for the movie, and filming the infamous wasp sequence.<\/p>\n