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More enlivening by far is Love and Death on Long Island , in which another aging protagonist (John Hurt), a clubby English novelist poignantly out of touch with modern society, goes on another soulful quest, developing an obsession with a beautiful teen idol (Jason Priestley) whom he accidentally sees on-screen in a film called Hot Pants College 2 . First-time director Richard Kwietniowski has fun with the collision of high and low culture, and he does elegant work.
In a typical Freudian move, the doctor insisted on analyzing his patient's obsession with filming him before letting him do it.
Alexander Portnoy, after he outgrows his autoerotic obsession, works for the liberal John Lindsay administration in New York City and does his best to demonstrate his concern for the poor and the oppressed.
Clarke was, as he later admitted, "obsessed" with Bin Ladin, and the embassy bombings gave him new scope for pursuing his obsession.
Selena addresses neither Yolanda's obsession with Selena (her apartment was a shrine to the singer) nor the tabloid rumor, denied by all and not backed by any evidence, that they were lovers.