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Twisted Obsession
Twisted Obsession (original Spanish title: El sueño del mono loco, literally "The Dream of the Mad Monkey") is a 1989 Spanish erotic thriller directed by Fernando Trueba and starring Jeff Goldblum and Miranda Richardson. It was written by Trueba, Manuel Matji (also known as Manolo Matji) and Menno Meyjes (uncredited), originally based on the novel "The Dream of the Mad Monkey" by Christopher Frank.
Goldblum stars as a screenwriter who becomes involved with a young incestuous brother and sister.
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- Palmer blames Desi's aversion to cigar smoking on then-President Bill Clinton, "and his twisted bimbos," a reference to Monica Lewinsky's allegation that Clinton penetrated her with a cigar tube.
- Skink humiliates Governor Artemus inside the executive mansion in a way that reminds Artemus of the fate of Ned Beatty's character in the film "Deliverance".
- A subplot of the novel is based on Stoat's, and later Clapley's, obsession with the use of rhinoceros horns as an aphrodisiac