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Crazy Love (2007)
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Reviews Counted:83
Fresh:64
Rotten:19
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Crazy Love’s subjects and story are so compelling that they overcome the doc’s dry, talking heads format.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
US Box Office: $161,978
Synopsis: Dan Klores' CRAZY LOVE tells the astonishing story of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship of Burt and Linda Pugach, which shocked the nation during the summer of 1959. Burt, a 32 year-old... Dan Klores' CRAZY LOVE tells the astonishing story of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship of Burt and Linda Pugach, which shocked the nation during the summer of 1959. Burt, a 32 year-old married attorney and Linda, a beautiful, single 20 year-old girl living in the Bronx had a whirlwind romance, which culminated in a violent and psychologically complex set of actions that landed the pair's saga on the cover of endless newspapers and magazines. With the cooperation of the principles, Burt, now 79, and Linda, 68, Klores examines the human psyche and the concepts of love, obsession, insanity, hope and forgiveness. CRAZY LOVE recently had its world premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and earned the Best Documentary award at the 2007 Santa Barbara Film Festival. --© Magnolia Pictures [More]
Starring: Burt Pugach, Linda Pugach
Starring: Burt Pugach, Linda Pugach
Director: Dan Klores
Director: Dan Klores
Producer: Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens
Composer: Douglas J. Cuomo
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Reviews for Crazy Love
The in-your-face documentary recalls the sensational tabloid story from the 1950s.
Crazy Love...sidles up to us, thrills and surprises us, seduces us with the pop flavor of its mid-century paperback aesthetic and its titillating tabloid tale. Crazy Love is chummy.
Apresenta, mesmo que de forma convencional, uma história de amor fascinante em suas insanas reviravoltas.
Stranger than fiction: This decades-long amour fou is so astonishing in its twists and turns that it's hard to believe it's factual. While contextualizing the tale in the pre-feminist era, Klores leaves some mysteries open, thus allowing for speculation
As with all banner-head stories, there comes a point when you tire of being screamed at.
It’s too easy to feel superior to these two people and their marriage in hell for the sake of some easy (or even uneasy) laughter.
Directors Dan Klores and Fisher Stevens treat this as a straight-up documentary and it is fascinating in a terribly sad sort of way. But it's difficult not to wonder why we need to hear this story.
Crazy Love is tabloid journalism at its most base and vulgar, with the same moral bankruptcy as the media outlets that turned this tragedy into grotesque copy in the first place.
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