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...happens, Mickey (Barbara Williams) and Ray (John Getz) are experiencing marital blues and the stolen box contains journals of Mickey's unfulfilled fantasies. Worse still, the urban intruder is a studly thief named Scotty (Steven Bauer) who has expensive taste and big aspirations; he's not content to simply rob their home, he wants to steal Mickey too. Scotty reads her journals, falls in love with her picture and then moves in for the kill...
...clearly a frustrated wife. Her husband, a self-absorbed writer, seems to know little about her or her blossoming career as an interior decorator. By contrast, Scotty knows her most personal secrets, including her political affiliation and her favorite ice cream flavor. Thief of Hearts works best when Bauer and Williams are beginning their brief romance. There's a strong sense of tension and energy as Scotty begins to create her fantasies and Mickey begins to concede. The few fantasy sequences comprise the film's most imaginative and evocative momements. Mickey, who writes her journal entries in the tub, loves...
...Scotty, Bauer has an oversized Jaw and a confident swagger. He provides a sharp contrast to Mickey's rather nerdy, sheepish husband. Bauer is at his best when he plays t he symbolic usurper: a furtive and shadowy man who captivates the lonely Mickey. But when he tries to demonstrate any-complexity, he talks out of the side of his mouth and mumbles his lines Barbara Williams' confusion is more appropriate, as she struggles with shallow lines and her growing interest in the interloper...
Frank Augustyn, a recent Canadian acquisition to the company, provides a striking contrast to Bauer in his role as Albrecht. While her dramatic style is self-contained and introverted, his is up front and almost modern. Few of his gestures come from the established balletic tradition; they are more everyday expressions that seem somewhat out of place in Giselle's old-fashioned setting. This, however, is only a minor annoyance. Augustyn is a natural, easy dancer. He moves with suppleness and unstudied certainty. Even though some of his acting may be jarring, this never occurs during his dancing...
Mouis' first entrance as Myrta consists simply of a diagonal of tiny steps on pointe. Shrouded in a white veil, she gently skims the floor, an ethereal, cold-blooded creature. From that moment Mouis begins her reign of terror against all unwitting men. In contrast to Bauer's interpretation of the willi as a fragile being, Mouis infuses her role with a startling vitality that surprisingly is not misplaced. Mouis' exhibition of strength and her direct attack of the steps lends credibility to Myrta's forceful and unforgiving character; her interpretation makes the Queen mature not naive...