Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar is a 1977 American drama film written for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks, starring Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, Richard Gere, Richard Kiley and Tom Berenger. The film is based on Judith Rossners 1975 novel of the same name, which was inspired by the 1973 murder of New York City schoolteacher Roseann Quinn.
The film traces the sexual awakening of Theresa Dunn, a young teacher of Irish American descent who is searching for excitement outside her ordered life, in which she teaches deaf children. Suffering from severe body image issues following a childhood surgery that left a large scar on her back, Theresa finds first love with her older, married university professor, Martin, who ends the affair just before her graduation. The affair leaves Theresa feeling used, and she begins daydreaming about being reunited with her professor.Theresa enters the sexual revolution of the 1970s feeling confused, as she is simultaneously repulsed by and attracted to the sexual experimentation she sees going on around her. Although she continues to teach by day, developing a reputation as a gifted and caring teacher to deaf children, at night she goes clubbing at a series of increasingly seedy bars, picking up men for onenight stands. In Rossners novel, Theresas recreational sexual encounters slowly become an addiction, and she pursues more dangerous men with violent sexual proclivities to enhance her high the film version of the character takes a lighter approach. In one scene, Theresa notes that most of her sexual encounters, while not violent, were with men who had merely odd or funny quirks. She views her onenight stands with shady lowlifes as a way to provide excitement to her otherwise ordinary life. She is careful not to allow any of her encounters to become serious, and has a house rule that her paramours must leave before daybreak. She sets an alarm clock to remind the men to leave, in case either of them falls asleep. ........
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