Deep End (1971)

Deep End (1971)

Directed by: Jerzy Skolimowski
Screenplay by: Jerzy Skolimowski, Boleslaw Sulik, and Jerzy Gruza

Genre: Drama | Romance
Running Time: 88 Minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Viewed: Turner Classic Movies

If you can't have the real thing-- you do all kinds of unreal things.

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Comments: TCM usually runs a myriad of PG films from the golden days of cinema. However, a few weeks ago I noticed they aired the unedited version (nudity and all) of Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man after midnight one weekend. So now I regularly check to see if TCM is going to air anything interesting on the weekends, and Deep End certainly lived up to those specifications. The film's never been released on DVD but certainly would have some kind of cult following if it was. Deep End follows Mike, a 15-year-old boy who falls in love with Susan, a girl he works with. It starts innocently enough but soon turns into a very bizarre film, where Mike becomes dangerously obsessed with Susan, often following her around constantly (Susan also exhibits off-the-wall behavior, often leading Mike on and contributing to his lunacy). Deep End is an unusual yet oddly addicting film. It's awesome that TCM occasionally airs some, well, different films completely unedited. I'm not sure why they're allowed to do this, but I'm not complaining. Censorship sucks.