a good example of the difference between american and foreign cinema can be see in a film i recently watch on television represent indecent proposal . indecent proposal two protagonist and david and diane murphy be play woody harrelson and demi moore . i be not sure if it be their total lack of chemistry or that they be not act well and but why we should care so much whether these two stay together be beyond me . love and affection and playfulness and attraction none of these materialize on screen in their interaction together . since i know that eventually robert redford would show up and it be clear from the beginning that the good part and the meat of the movie and would be the scene between him and demi moore . poor woody harrelson just could not muster any emotion at all for the film . he seem to be hold back and preoccupy with his recede hairline . ok and so fast forward . what idiot these two ( diane and david ) be for think they can win back the $ 50 and 000 they owe by gamble . no act faux pas there and just hideously bad and lazy and unforgivable writing . of course they lose all their money . surprise . i know i wasn not . enter robert redford ( john gage in the film ) a romantic and perhaps emotionally frigid man and an updated gatsby . a very good role and though not a great and great actor and next to those two and redford look like olivier . he immediately fall in love and lust with diane and we the viewer for once feel it . this be how to love a woman . not david way and trading gum mouth to mouth with diane on a slimy pier . ( do i see that right . ) a gage and redford wear a suit and tie in every scene . yes it mean to instruct the seemingly brain dead audience that here be a rich man and but he also look damn good and by this point the brain dead audience appreciate it . other wardrobe symbolism include david now ironed shirt at the end of the film and signify resolve and get it together after a long interlude of forlorn wrinkle shirt wear . and what be it with california garden party a depict in hollywood movie . suddenly everyone appear british and complete with lacy dress and three piece suit for the men and hat ( hat . ) and of course the parasol . yes diane and her transformation to rich man fiancée now complete and be there at the auction daintily twirl a parasol . though she insist that she couldn not be buy and she succumb at last to the sexual tension . here be where the film branch off into pure americana . i mean and of course david and diane will end up together and my question be represent why . diane be bore with david and why not let her ride the robert redford wave . and i mean for a good long while . how can she pull herself out of the sexual romantic thrall of this sexy old man so easily just because woody harrelson bring his recede hairline to the garden party and sit himself down and look demi moore in the eye . that just not how it go . he be so weak . but we must have our happy end . we have to swallow the moral lesson . be not sophisticated enough yet to have it otherwise . director lyn tried to make a fatal attraction for the juvie set and the younguns . in addition to garden party in which there nary an suv and tee shirt and or baseball cap in sight and such film also feature a reliable public transportation system that connect far flung california city and municipality . how else to symbolize the return to middle class or work class life .