# What the...? Can someone identify this movie for me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-can-someone-identify-this-movie-for-me/216136 "2003-11-30T23:58:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-can-someone-identify-this-movie-for-me/216136/1 "2003-11-30T23:58:45Z")
I was flipping through the channels this morning, and caught what looked like the strangest movie on Cinemax. It featured these two dolled up Heroin Chic chicks groping and making out behind this frosted screen. They were wearing what looked like mics and earpieces, and this one chick had on all this weird gold jewelry which she kept taking off and dropping on the ground. THEN, this guy who was on the other side of the screen would pick up the pieces of jewelry and replace it with something identical. It was just so freaking surreal-what in the HELL was that? šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Oreo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@Oreo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oreo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-can-someone-identify-this-movie-for-me/216136/2 "2003-12-01T00:38:21Z")
I canā€™t believe I know this, but this movie is called [Femme Fatale](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280665/). They were switching the gold jewelry to steal it. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-can-someone-identify-this-movie-for-me/216136/3 "2003-12-01T00:51:05Z")
Actually, the whole movie is rather surreal. They go into more detail about the jewelry switch at the end of the movie and ā€œthe twistā€ revealed at the end is rather lame. ---
**Author:** ![raizok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@raizok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raizok)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-can-someone-identify-this-movie-for-me/216136/4 "2003-12-01T01:10:00Z")
Cant believe you didnt recognize Rebecca Romijn-Stamos _shakes head_ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-can-someone-identify-this-movie-for-me/216136/5 "2003-12-01T01:59:36Z")
Isnā€™t she married to the guy from _Full House_? I donā€™t really pay attention to whoā€™s who. It was just like, ā€œWhat theā€¦?ā€ Then I flipped some more and caught _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets_. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-can-someone-identify-this-movie-for-me/216136/6 "2003-12-01T20:19:46Z")
Damn! I finally knew one and Iā€™m a whole day lateā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-can-someone-identify-this-movie-for-me/216136/7 "2003-12-01T20:51:50Z")
Yep, **Oreo** got it in one. Saw this on the big screen. De Palmaā€™s best movie in years. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-can-someone-identify-this-movie-for-me/216136/8 "2003-12-01T22:18:39Z")
Bad movie. Individual scenes are well done, but the whole thing is ultimately pointless, which I think was deliberate. It really looked to me like De Palma was making fun of people for liking the kind of movies heā€™s known for. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-can-someone-identify-this-movie-for-me/216136/9 "2003-12-02T00:02:33Z")
Great movie. Individual scenes are well done and the whole only appears to be pointless which is, indeed, deliberate. DePalma was having fun making the type of movie heā€™s always wanted to make when heā€™s not reduced to being a Hollywood rent-a-director in order to pay the bills. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-can-someone-identify-this-movie-for-me/216136/10 "2003-12-02T03:58:26Z")
The odd thing is, much of the movie technically takes place in the future. ā€¦and Macintoshes are _still_ around. HA! šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜‰