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Category: DVD
Director: Sam Zalutsky
Publisher: Wolfe Video
Studio: Wolfe Video
Brand: YOU BELONG TO ME (DVD MOVIE)
Label: Wolfe Video
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD
Running Time: 82 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WOL4539D
UPC: 754703763075
EAN: 0754703763075
ASIN: B001608MGC
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Product Description
Jeffrey has met the man of his dreams hunky Frenchman Ren but he s an elusive lover. When Jeffrey discovers where Ren lives he impulsively moves into the same building. But the move backfires as Ren becomes cold and distant. Instead the landlady Gladys lavishes attention on her new tenant.Soon Jeffrey realizes that there s something strange going on especially when he hears mysterious moans beneath his floorboards and learns that he s not the first Jeffrey to live in the apartment. When he stumbles on Gladys dark secret will it cost him his life?Stars include Daniel Sauli ( The Sopranos Law & Order: Criminal Intent Sex & the City ) and Patti D Arbanville (Perfect Stranger World Trade Center Rescue Me Nip/Tuck ).System Requirements:Running Time: 82 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:DRAMA/GAY & LESBIAN Rating:NR UPC:754703763075 Manufacturer No:WOL4539D
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 DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE "REVIEWS" ON THE DVD CASE August 19, 2008
"Variety" magazine hailed Sam Zalutsky's brief 82 minute thriller as "A Gay Spin on...Polanski's "The Tenant" and "Rosemary's Baby." HARDLY!!!! Talk about false advertising!!!! The movie has nothing to do with being gay... except for the fact that the main character Jeffrey (Daniel Sauli) is gay and smitten with his one night stand Rene, who barely acknowledges him. Jeffrey, along with his trusty dog Max, moves into Rene's apartment building. So you might think the film will be about Jeffrey's obsession with Rene; but Rene is less than secondary to the plot. Jeffrey hears strange moaning coming from beneath the floor boards in his new apartment. Landlady Gladys (Patti D'Arbanville) turns out to be the obsessed one, but calling the film "Psychotic Landlady" would have been too obvious. The film does achieve some degree of claustraphobic tension, but it all boils down to a case of "been there, seen this" and I've seen this done much better. I did care if the dog Max survives all the "psycho inmates are running the asylum" goings-on, though. But the human characters are rather dull and one-note.
 Smart and Suspenseful August 11, 2008
As in Alfred Hitchcock's films, the suspense in Sam Zalusky's "You Belong to Me" stems from the psychological complexity of the characters. There are no black and white heroes and villains here but complex human beings whose motivations and emotions ring true throughout the film, thanks to both the quality of the screenplay and the quality of the cast, especially the inspired Patti D'Arbanville. The real source of horror in "You Belong to Me" is how in our increasingly alienating society, people's search for connection with each other can go horribly wrong. And in this film, when things do go wrong, we shudder not just with fear but with recognition of our own human foibles.
Excellent Thriller July 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
An excellent indy Hitchcock-ian thriller with a shocker ending. Nicely produced and expertly directed. That the main character,Jeffery,(the charming Daniel Sauli) is gay is secondary to the plot. Jeffrey,a NYC architect, becomes infatuated with his sexy one night stand and comes upon him sometime after their encounter while out walking his dog, Max. He follows Ren back to his apartment building and there finds a notice for an empty apartment. Enter the landlady/owner, Gladys, played by the excellent and ever-so-creepy Patti D'Arbanville,she insists upon showing him the apartment, He decides to take it and thus begins the real plot. To say more would spoil the story,suffice to say this is a movie that you'll enjoy a great deal if you are fond of this genre.
East Village Thriller May 9, 2008
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
"You Belong to Me"
East Village Thriller
Amos Lassen
Sam Zalutsky's "You Belong to Me" is not necessarily a gay movie--it is not really about being gay but it does have gay characters in it. This is a subtle thriller with a plot that unfolds both slowly and gradually and is intensely compelling.
Everything begins when a young gay architect named Jeffrey (Daniel Sauli) is dumped by his regular sex trick, Rene (Julien Lucas). Jeffrey then embarks on an obsessive stalking of Rene and finds out where he lives and then rents a room in the same building. The landlady of the building, Gladys, (Patti D'Arbanville) who is not exactly in possession of all of her wits becomes somewhat infatuated with Jeffrey and she has her own agenda for him. These plans include drugs, torture and kidnapping.
Somewhat reminiscent of Polanski's "Rosemary's Baby", director Zalutsky puts a gay touch on a creepy apartment building with a new kind of entrapment scenes. We get the story of a man who movies into the wrong apartment and then finds himself having to deal with the crazies that share his building.
We discover that Rene is living with a long-term lover and he is not at all happy that Jeffrey has moved into the building. Jeffrey who starts his quest as a villain becomes a victim. He is so content on obsessing over Rene that he ignores several signs that are in his path. These signs range from Gladys's over protectiveness which seems to invade his very being to the dried blood looking paint job in the hall and the fact that the man who had his apartment before he did left and in doing so took not much with him. His clothes and possessions remain in the apartment. One night the missing man's boyfriend appears one night, he demands to know where his lover has gone. Gladys tries to explain to Jeffrey what happened to the man and she gives a deliberately vague account as to why he suddenly moved out. Shortly thereafter Jeffrey begins to hear strange noises coming from the landlady's apartment. This is some scary stuff here.
"You Belong to Me" is urban gothic to the hilt. But even with that the opportunity to make this some kind of low-rate thriller is not used by Zalutsky. This is one of those movies that you will not soon forget. There is great horror here and the movie will chill even the warmest hearts.
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