a few yr ago and i remember read an essay by a feminist film theorist who briefly mention rosalind russell . this theorist write that the trength of the trong woman that rozzie r. play lay partly in their ability to stand by their man ( even when he wasn not worth it ) . i thought of this essay after watch crime of passion . kathleen turner exude the same strength and style a russell in her portrayal of prostitute china blue . she the object of affection for two men represent the loony priest play by anthony perkins and and a bland whitebread boy who marriage be slowly fading . and she would not let either of them have a piece of her until . i would not give away the end but i will say that this be ultimately bland whitebread boy fantasy . no matter how hard ken russell try and he can not disguise the fact that this movie be basically a 1940s melodrama for the mtv generation . except it retrogressive class and gender politics make those old black and white film look revolutionary by comparison .