Love and Death on Long Island

Directed by Richard Kwietniowski

Giles De'Ath, a widower disenchanted with modern life, falls for movie star Ronnie Bostock, leading him on a quest to Long Island City where fiction and reality intertwine.
Based on the novel Love and Death on Long Island by Gilbert Adair. Buy the book on Amazon.
Love and Death on Long Island is a beautifully controlled study of obsession, loneliness and unexpected desire. John Hurt gives a wonderfully precise performance as a repressed writer fascinated by a young actor, while Jason Priestley plays against type with surprising sensitivity. The film is funny, melancholy and quietly compassionate.

Love and Death on Long Island

Directed by Richard Kwietniowski

Giles De'Ath, a widower disenchanted with modern life, falls for movie star Ronnie Bostock, leading him on a quest to Long Island City where fiction and reality intertwine.
Based on the novel Love and Death on Long Island by Gilbert Adair. Buy the book on Amazon.

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Love and Death on Long Island is a beautifully controlled study of obsession, loneliness and unexpected desire. John Hurt gives a wonderfully precise performance as a repressed writer fascinated by a young actor, while Jason Priestley plays against type with surprising sensitivity. The film is funny, melancholy and quietly compassionate.