Nitro Video Rating:
PURCHASE THE DVD: Heat and Sunlight (1987)

Beautiful and well-done black & white photography doesn't quite save this draggy 1987 drama, but it certainly helps. Way too much philosophical droning for my taste, but the art house crowd probably loved it.

When a photojournalist returns from overseas after a tough assignment, his girlfriend doesn't meet him at the airport, nor return his calls. Deeply in love, he anguishes over her with close friends and anyone else who will listen. To call this a "talky" movie is an understatement.

What we wind up with is a minute examination of 16 hours of a man's life, in which he reflects over his last 20 years as a photographer. There's things to enjoy in this movie, but unfortunately, it was just too plodding to hold my interest. There was no script, per se. The scenes were improvised by the cast as they shot, which undoubtedly lent to the slowness. The photography, however, was great.