Although set in the United States of the 50's or 60's, "Desire" was in fact filmed in the year 2000. Yet amazingly, the dialogue, cinematography (or possibly the editing), costume and overall feel of the film actually appear to be made in that era. The performers do not give cliché accents and/or period characterizations, so they come off as genuine. The implication here of course is that whatever the wife and sailor were up to must have occurred with the husband and other sailor, since they gave equally evasive excuses. However, thinking through it, the husband and the other sailor could have simply had a long talk. But what does become clear is that honesty is not an important factor in their marriage, which raises the question of how much else they have been hiding from each other. Very well written, acted and filmed.
Review of Desire
