Can one of the people (I think there were at least 2) who listed "In the Realm of the Senses" as an erotic film explain this to me: I couldn't think of a film...
As part of my research for a book I'm writing about Jim McBride, I finally managed to track down a copy of the first draft screenplay for GREAT BALLS OF FIRE,...
I don't think anybody has mentioned: Christopher Plummer and Chana Eden under the stadium seats in WIND ACROSS THE EVERGLADES. Oja Kodar in the car in the rain...
As tradition has it, Cahiers du Cinema invites a, according to them, grand cinéaste, as guest editor for their double-zero issues. Former editors were Godard,...
... wrote: "5. Some performers are intrinsically erotic. Their mere presence makes any scene "erotic" no matter how un-erotic the explicit content of the scene...
... "Can one of the people (I think there were at least 2) who listed "In the Realm of the Senses" as an erotic film explain this to me: I couldn't think of a...
... But you're casting Griffith's film in the language of the contemporary viewer--this is the only reason the racism of _Nation_ seems more self-evident. The...
... Unbelievable, isn't it? Similar crimes are still being committed here the name of medical science. The prescription of Paxil, for example. Just so this...
... You forget that "The Birth of a Nation" actually served to REVIVE the KKK, which was fading just prior to its release. __________________________________ ...
... Normally I would rejoice in that position, Matt - I hate Puritanism too, particularly as its right-wing version (there is of course a left-wing version...
... Malick sure does love the use of voice-over. You can almost imagine Sissy Spacek reading that end passage. What year(s) does his script take Jerry Lee up...
... If you made the above statement during the time of the film's ... Actually, it was perceived as racist by progressives, black and white, at the time - how...
... And does it include "Top that, nigger"? Jim told us that story when he had just finished Breathless, but it was filtered out of GBOF when he made it....
... Voice change erotic moment supreme: The way Victoria Shaw, when the painter asks her if she's a virgin in The Crimson Kimono, says "Why do you ask?" Much ...
I think we could simplify this so that Matt and Bill would agree. A "gotcha" is when a film has one overt, obvious meaning (beauty is shallow, what's inside is...
... To say, as Renoir did, that you can't make an anti-war movie while ... I just translated a long article about historical films in France before Napoleon,...
... a ... There are right-wing gotchas too – cf. the Harry Potter and Square Bob Spongepants controversies. I always enjoyed George Lucas's Smokey and the...
... wrote: "Actually, it[THE BIRTH OF A NATION] was perceived as racist by progressives, black and white, at the time - how could it not be? There were...
... In which case the term perhaps loses much of its usefulness? Whereas sociologists who compare patriarchal and matriarchal social structures at least...
... I buy Matt's argument. For one thing, people can't help what they enjoy, and it seems cold to apply standards of right and wrong to things outside of...
... It's not rhetorical - it's historical. Human societies were matriarchal, then became patriarchal. (Or so the argument goes.) We know what both words mean,...
... listed "In ... so ... I kind of agree. Much prefer Gallaga's "Scorpio Nights," which was reportedly inspired by "In the Realm." ... can't ... fingernails ...
... If it worked this way, I'd think we'd have only the vaguest idea of what matriarchy means, unless we researched those old societies. I come from an Arabic...
... up. I ... wrong with ... (i.e. ... visit her ... enjoy, ... outside ... So if I understand correctly you are arguing that since people can't help enjoying...
