1-900

1-900

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Editorial Reviews

Theo Van Gogh’s outrageously frank 1-900 is a lot more than just talk. Two lonley professionals meet through a sex-line and begin a weekly redezvous via the telephone. It turns erotic, funny, frustrating and even sinister, as they become increasingly attached to one another. Despite the inital rules of the game - the two can never meet, nor even know one another’s identities - neither partner can help wishing for more intimate contact. 1-900 is a provacativeand sexually charged exploration of the boundries of imagination, fantasy and power.

Customer Reviews

dialogue and masturbation

Reviewed by golgotha.gov, 2007-05-28

1-900 (1994)
directed by Theo van Gogh
approx. 1 hour 15 minutes

This movie is about as "deep" as you could possibly go in depicting a phone sex arrangement. A man and a woman have a "relationship" where they have phone sex sessions every Thursday. They get attached to one another, only they've both fibbed about who they are and have decided it would be best to keep it on the phone. Nevertheless, the outside world creeps into their fantasies and it all comes crumbling down. The two find it difficult to sustain their connection and things get more morose as the movie winds down.

This movie is well done when you consider that it really only consists of dialogue and masturbation between two characters. Ariane Schluter reminds me of Laura Dern at times. However, while I can easily enjoy dialogue-heavy movies such as 'MY DINNER WITH ANDRE', "erotica" is often tedious and not entertaining or arousing. Slain filmmaker Theo van Gogh succeeded in making an interesting movie while utilizing only a few elements, but the panting and onanism are not for everyone.

Theo Van Gogh's tragically few output

Reviewed by Arthur Aw, 2007-03-12

This director has his own pace and style in his films...1-900 is no
exception. I guess you'll always wonder what would have been had not that
senseless tragedy happened.

Brilliant Character Study

Reviewed by VoiceOver, 2007-01-06

1-900, originally called "06", by the so tragically murdered Dutch director Theo van Gogh is a very provocative movie about loneliness, communication, relationships and phantasies, set in a, on first sight, rather unique situation for a movie. Like the director himself there was a lot of controversy around the movie. When one looked at the poster one would think to be in for a very erotic and sexually explicit movie.

Well, anyone going into the cinema with that expectation, would have been quite disappointed, for what you get is a very harsh emotional and psychological drama around two people making contact over a sexline to fulfill their need for socio-sexual release, hoping to feel a bit less lonely that way. The contact slowly devolves into a regular power struggle between two people, dare I say the two sexes, that can only end up leaving them where they started, alone and with an unfulfilled longing to have their barriers broken down and at the same time being mortally afraid of the vulnarability this would result in.

The drama is very intense and rarely erotic, because you sense much more the sadness of these two people and the way they really try to be close, through sex as the supposedly ultimate way of achieving intimacy with another person, and yet end up more isolated then ever.

It's a fearless and provocative movie, which is typical for this director, and actually cost him his very life in the end.

Theo van Gogh - died too soon

Reviewed by John R. Aldridge, 2005-08-24

1-900 was fascinating - and very sexy. I'm glad I was able to find a copy. Arrived timely and viewed when recived - right away.

Dial Love...

Reviewed by Kim Anehall, 2003-04-07

There are always people who are lonely and/or are seeking happiness for the moment. This story depicts this through the use of the brilliant invention by Bell, the telephone. As the story is set in motion there is a man, Thomas, who answers a phone sex ad and presents himself as someone who enjoys art, which results in him matching interests and age that another caller, Sarah, wishes for. In reality, Thomas is an equal with Sarah in his sense of art, but nothing else. Lies begin during their first session where they shyly introduce each other over the phone; however, as they talk their shyness disappears. They talk about many issues in their lives which leads the story into humor, tragedy, lies, and truths. However, Thomas has needs that remain unfulfilled when he is seeking contact with her because she remains distant and refuses to share her phone number with him. 1-900 is an intriguing film that provides some interesting dialogues that leads to stimulating perspectives in the development of a phone-relationship.