Directed by: Radley Metzger
Stars: Claire Wilbur, Casey Donovan, Lynn Lowry, Gerald Grant, Carl Parker
Language: English
Country: USA | Yugoslavia | Imdb Info
Description: In the sun-drenched Riviera, a jaded, liberated couple — photographer Jack (Gerald Grant) and his alluring wife Elvira (Claire Wilbur) — have grown weary of ordinary swingers and yearn for a real challenge. Their target arrives in the form of newlyweds Betsy (Lynn Lowry) and Eddie (Calvin Culver), two naïve, idealistic lovebirds whose innocence is about to collide with the couple’s decadent experiment in seduction, role-play, and sexual freedom.
What begins as a friendly dinner invitation quickly turns into a psychological and erotic chess match. Beneath the witty, champagne-fueled banter lies a wager: who will “score” first? Metzger turns what could have been cheap titillation into a kaleidoscopic study of desire and power — a stylish, intelligent examination of the fluid nature of sexuality at the dawn of the 1970s sexual revolution.
Filmed in Croatia under the guise of a European art picture, Score is both elegant and uninhibited, marrying soft-focus sensuality with biting dialogue and sly humor. The film’s mirrored reflections, amyl nitrate-fueled tension, and gender-swapped seductions create a dreamlike eroticism that transcends its premise. The cinematography by Frano Vodopivec glows with Mediterranean heat, while Robert Cornford’s jazzy score and Metzger’s famously polished direction elevate the material into high-art erotica.
Claire Wilbur commands the screen with her sophisticated cruelty, Lynn Lowry exudes wide-eyed curiosity, and Calvin Culver (aka Casey Donovan) provides the masculine counterpoint — a trio that perfectly embodies Metzger’s vision of carnal liberation colliding with emotional fragility.
This edition presents the full uncut version, restoring Metzger’s original erotic compositions and several previously censored moments of gay sex, lesbian sex, full-frontal nudity and psychedelic montage. Far from mere smut, Score remains one of the most intelligent and visually stunning explorations of bisexuality and sexual experimentation ever filmed — an erotic classic that blurs the line between art cinema and carnal confession.
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