If all the directors currently working on the treadmills of Hollywood, none can have experienced a career so packed with highs and lows as Barbet Schroeder. This French director has experienced the full range of film recognition - from the gushing adulation for the Oscar-friendly Reversal Of Fortune, to the tepid responses to Single White Female and last year's Meryl Streep non-starter, Before And After. He's unlikely to aid his cause with Desperate Measures, his sixth US effort - but at least it's provided him with the chance to finally recreate the kind of movie that he enthused over while growing up en France.
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