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OK, I know, with a title header like that, this review better be better
then the title heading right? I just couldn't resist. This is one of
the first Hollywood movies to ever explore Lesbianism, so why shouldn't
I be allowed to shout it out? Vivian Bell, played by Helen Shaver,
arrives into 1950's Fresno for a quickie divorce, boarding with a
friendly mom-like landlord and her employees of her ranch. The landlord
also has a step-daughter, Cay, who Bell is curiously magnetted too, and
vice versa. Soon, Vivian is surprised to find her falling for Cay's
advances and are soon lovers. But there is consequences to this, after
all this is 1950's Fresno we're talking about here.

All the cast is great here, especially Patricia Charbonneau, who has
quite a debut here, and Audra Linley, playing the landlady who I
absolutely didn't recognize. (She's Mrs Roper on Three's Company fer
crying out loud!) Amazingly brisk and enjoyable, I haven't seen a movie
in a long time that I enjoyed without checking the time to see how much
was left..

gr8 movie.

The movie "Avatar" takes a look into what may see as the future of human exsistence. .

1 and 2.

sweet.

great film.

Great movie! Loved it :).

i want to watch this one and try...

Desert Hearts is set in 1959. Vivian Bell (Shaver), an English professor at Columbia University, travels to Nevada to establish six-week residency to obtain a divorce. She stays at a guest house for women waiting for their divorces to be finalized, owned by Frances Parker (Lindley). Vivian meets Cay Rivvers (Charbonneau), a free-spirited sculptor to whom Frances is a surrogate mother. Cay works at a casino as a change operator in Reno, and is ending a relationship with Darrell, her boss, because as she put it, she "allowed (her)self to be attracted to his attraction" for her. When Vivian arrives, Cay notices her, and tightly controlled and elegant Vivian in turn is taken aback by Cay's boldness and lack of concern of what others think of her. Cay reveals that she has had relationships with women in the past. Frances notices that Vivian is becoming a bigger part of Cay's life and resents her for it, afraid that Cay will leave her and she will be alone. When everyone attends an engagement party for Cay's best friend Silver, Cay drives a drunken Vivian to Lake Tahoe afterwards and kisses her. Vivian returns it passionately and is so surprised by her response that she begs Cay to take her home. When they return at the ranch in the early morning, Frances has had Vivian's bags packed and a taxi waiting for her, furious (wrongfully assuming) that she has seduced Cay. Cay leaves the ranch immediately and Vivian endures the rest of her stay in a hotel casino. After some days apart, both Cay and Vivian are clearly confused and hurt. Cay goes to visit Vivian at her hotel and overcomes Vivian's resistance to making love to another woman and they begin an affair. With Vivian's impending finalization of her divorce, they must sort out the future of their relationship, Vivian afraid of what people will think of her, and Cay unsure of what she would ever do in New York City. Frances and Cay are brought together, and Cay admits to Frances that Vivian has "reached in and put a string of lights around her heart". As Vivian is at the train station to take her back, she convinces Cay to discuss coming with her just until the next station..

Desert Hearts is set in 1959. Vivian Bell (Shaver), an English professor at Columbia University, travels to Nevada to establish six-week residency to obtain a divorce. She stays at a guest house for women waiting for their divorces to be finalized, owned by Frances Parker (Lindley). Vivian meets Cay Rivvers (Charbonneau), a free-spirited sculptor to whom Frances is a surrogate mother. Cay works at a casino as a change operator in Reno, and is ending a relationship with Darrell, her boss, because as she put it, she "allowed (her)self to be attracted to his attraction" for her. When Vivian arrives, Cay notices her, and tightly controlled and elegant Vivian in turn is taken aback by Cay's boldness and lack of concern of what others think of her. Cay reveals that she has had relationships with women in the past. Frances notices that Vivian is becoming a bigger part of Cay's life and resents her for it, afraid that Cay will leave her and she will be alone. When everyone attends an engagement party for Cay's best friend Silver, Cay drives a drunken Vivian to Lake Tahoe afterwards and kisses her. Vivian returns it passionately and is so surprised by her response that she begs Cay to take her home. When they return at the ranch in the early morning, Frances has had Vivian's bags packed and a taxi waiting for her, furious (wrongfully assuming) that she has seduced Cay. Cay leaves the ranch immediately and Vivian endures the rest of her stay in a hotel casino. After some days apart, both Cay and Vivian are clearly confused and hurt. Cay goes to visit Vivian at her hotel and overcomes Vivian's resistance to making love to another woman and they begin an affair. With Vivian's impending finalization of her divorce, they must sort out the future of their relationship, Vivian afraid of what people will think of her, and Cay unsure of what she would ever do in New York City. Frances and Cay are brought together, and Cay admits to Frances that Vivian has "reached in and put a string of lights around her heart". As Vivian is at the train station to take her back, she convinces Cay to discuss coming with her just until the next station. .

Desert Hearts is notable for being the first film to depict a lesbian relationship where both characters enjoy a satisfactory ending, in contrast to previously released films such as Personal Best that focus less on the relationship of the main characters, and where one returns to a relationship with a man.[1].

"Desert Hearts" makes me feel all warm and romantic whenever I think about
it, and this I attribute mostly to director Deitch. Credit is also due to
screenwriter Natalie Cooper for making sense of Jane Rule's molasses-thick
quagmire of a novel, and to a super cast of supporting players. Alex
McArthur is James-Dean-cute in his fresh and much welcome film debut as
Cay's charmingly sensitive brother Walter. Audra Lindley is great as Cay's
dear gruff mom Frances, and Andra Akers, new to me, purrs and scintillates
as Silver. The soundtrack is one-of-a-kind wonderful with Patsy Cline, Ella
Fitzgerald and on and on. I can't tell you how many times I saw "Desert
Hearts" in a theater but for months after, a certain song (or a lone train
whistle) would evoke sweet haunting memories...

As for Cay and Vivian, Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver portray two
sympathetic and instantly familiar female characters, but I've gotta give
this to Donna, too. Why? Because this is the only production in which
Shaver
and Charbonneau (sounds good when you say 'em together!) rise above their
usual below-average efforts. (I've seen enough of their film and TV work to
make an admittedly personal judgment.) My gut feeling is that Deitch
created
a safe environment of honesty and acceptance, and encouraged and nurtured
the heck out of her allegedly straight stars. In return they offered her an
intimate duet of performances that, like the sleek sexy tailfins on Cay's
Buick convertible, gave us a classic..