
Lilith is about a mysterious young woman in an elite sanitarium in Maryland who seems to weave a magical spell all around her. A restless but sincere young man with an equally obscure past is drawn into her web. As time passes, their relationship deepens and intensifies, and the differences between them begin to blur, leading to a shocking but oddly logical conclusion.... (Full plot summary below)
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Lilith is about a mysterious young woman in an elite sanitarium in Maryland who seems to weave a magical spell all around her. A restless but sincere young man with an equally obscure past is drawn into her web. As time passes, their relationship deepens and intensifies, and the differences between them begin to blur, leading to a shocking but oddly logical conclusion.
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| Village VoiceMelissa AndersonThe story of Lilith - a man's love for a manipulative madwoman makes him go insane - may not be especially gripping, but the way that it's told highlights an intriguingly perverse sensibility. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzBrilliant and delicate, but also depressing and enigmatic psychodrama. |
| User ReviewJoseph KOne of the greatest unknown films of all time. Jean Seberg plays the best schizophrenic on screen ever. The film is both a visual and a written wonder. The imagery of the film is as great a character as the characters within the film. |
| User ReviewAshley HLilith is an interesting film. Warren Beatty, Peter Fonda, and Jean Seberg give excellent performances. The screenplay is well written and captivating. Robert Rossen did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed this motion picture because of the drama and remarkable characters. Lilith is a must see. |
| User ReviewGreg WOutstanding storyline and performances, depicting how an otherwise normal person having been emotional affected by war experiences, is unable to effective assimilate the behavior of his love interest. In the 50's, homosexuality and pedophilia are seen by most of the lay public as a morally evil possession by dangerous spirits. In love with Seberg, Beatty wants to be her knight in shining armor, unaware of the extent of what he was raised to see as unbridled depravity. As he desperately tries to understand her thinking, the logic of her mental processes become more acceptable to him. The conflict between his desire and his moral compass push him to the edge, showing the danger of any mental health professional becoming involved with his patient. Generally omitted from Warren's film resume, like Mickey One, but a very memorable movie. Especially, if you have been involved with someone under a doctor's care. |
| User ReviewSakiera MI have had the biggest crush on Jean Seberg after seeing her in Bonjour Tristesse and I have to say she was absolutely great in this movie. Considering the decade it came out, this movie was extremely taboo and I don't think people gave Robert Rossen enough credit, especially dealing with the suggested lesbian love scene between lilith an another patient and suicide. Well done Roseen, Well down! |
| User ReviewChristi PThis is film makeing!!! The best most insightful film about insanity ever!!! The story is about warren beatty a young man just home from the Vietnam war and attemping a future in treating mental illness. He begins his job in his home town in an upper clase institution where he meets the lovely but scitsophrenic Lilith played by Jean Seberg. The film follows his attemps to treat this alluring women with compassion which begins to blur the lines of sanity. The film thou filmed in the 60s is BW which just adds to the artistry. Many scenes serve double purposes on to tell the story the other to express feelings or deeper elements unsoken of in the film. For the average film goer this may be too artsy but I loved its beauty and sickness both. |
| User ReviewJackson SWow.... Terrific ending and quite possibly the most masterful film I've ever seen. |
| User ReviewEvan HMoody film that sticks in your memory. Jean Seberg really wasnt much of an actress but this part fits her almost too well. The sensitive cinematography is really the star in this film. |
| User ReviewJoel TThis film lets us know what it would have been like had Hitchcock gone New Wave. Gorgeous and desperately deprived. |