With Deep Water, Adrian Lyne resuscitates the erotic thriller as contemplative, campy fun
It’s hard to overstate how important Adrian Lyne was in bringing a libidinous edge to mainstream moviemaking in the 1980s. Lawrence Kasdan’s Body Heat may have codified onscreen sex (not to mention the “erotic thriller” template) for normies in 1981, but Lyne’s Flashdance, 9 ½ Weeks, and Fatal Attraction were …