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Stephan Tobias at the Castello Lighthouse

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Bolt of Lightening

Thanks to my mother, when I was a kid, I often joined her to watch Another World when I got home after school.  I watched on and off  for several years, up until 1991, the day that Anne Heche left the show.  Heche was a powerhouse in her double role as Twins Marley and Vicky and energized every scene was in.  She was impossible to ignore. I'm not sure it's possible to truly appreciate her talent if you didn't see her in action during her four years in Bay City.

I didn't really follow her roles after she left the show, I saw a few of her projects, but nothing compared to the magic she created in Daytime.  It was sad to read so much hate on-line after her accident. So many people have lost the ability to see grey.  It's black or white or good or bad, not the murky grey so many of us live in. It is possible to feel for the home owner, and for Heche and her family.  It's not only possible, if human..  Heche struggled with mental illness most of her life, and although not an excuse by any means, it does help understand the pain which she lived in and lived with.

I remember seeing an interview back in the early 90's about her relationship with actor Richard Burgi. I still remember thinking and there was something worrisome about how she appeared.  Mental illness and addiction go hand in hand.  One cannot have a mind out of control without trying desperately to slow it down, if even for a moment.

Too many outlets are spotlighting her time with Ellen DeGeneres, it's click bate which only diminishes her incredible talent. I'd like to think it was because was a positive bi relationship, but I think it has more to do with pushing a more negative narrative. Heche also had relationships with many others, including dating Steve Martin. Regardless of her relationships, and her struggles, on daytime TV, Heche was like a bolt of lightening,.  One not seen before and one  unlikely to be seen again. R.I.P Ms. Heche, and thoughts go to your two sons and loved ones.

Barry Tubb in Valentino Returns

'On a Saturday night, in a small 1950s Californian town, a young man, whose parents are an inch from a divorce, takes his brand new pink Cadillac for a spin to meet girls. He hooks up with the daughter of the town's radical preacher.'

1989's Valentino Returns has one of those nude scenes, most used with male nudity, that is frustrating to watch.  It's dark and blurry and shot with cuts and edits to mask most of the naked actor.  Although you can't see much, especially in the caps I made, if you watch the clip you can see a bit more.

In the scene, Tubb's character Wayne goes goes skinny dipping with Sylvia, (Jenny Wright) and are discovered by Sylvia's boyfriend and one of his buddies.  Wayne gets out of the water and a fight occurs.  As I stated, it's dark and quick, but Tubb is clearly nude in some of the cuts.  In others he looks dressed, but if you look closely you can see a few very quick and blurry frontals during the fight.

You can check out the clip below, or download it on SendSapce HERE:

Barry Tubb in Warm Summer Rain

'Can you love a complete stranger?'

A woman tries to kill herself and ends up in the hospital. She escapes and wanders into the desert. There she comes upon a roadside bar where she gets extremely drunk with the locals and a mysterious man, who seems to be shy of policemen.

She wakes up in bed with the stranger, not remembering much from the night before, in a nearby abandoned house and finds out that she got married to him at the bar. They try and find an answer to their lives and love in this isolated nowhere. 

Like so many films from the 80's and 90's, it can be hard to find decent copies.  I don't know if 1989's Warm Summer Rain ever got an HD release, but at least there was a DVD.  When I first rented the VHS many years ago, I re-watched Barry Tubb's love scenes with Kelly Lynch over and over, without really appreciating the tragic beauty of the story. 

Watching it again last week, had me noticing the beautiful camera work and cinematography and understanding the characters for the first time.  This often happens with many movies I saw as a kid, especially when I originally watched them just for the male skin.  The skin is still there, maybe less than I remember, but skin, sex, passion and pain are at the core of Warm Summer Rain.

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