Okay, the sex scenes (read: the entire film minus one boring staircase walking scene) were well done (by porn standards), "classy", "artsy", etcetera. Having not read the novel yet I was hoping that there would have simply been more to this film other than pornography. I knew that the novel was supposed to be very erotic and unapologetically so, but is that all there is to it? Does the novel simply narrate a bunch of screwing and blow jobs? Here's how simply this film can be broken down, scene-by-scene, without leaving anything out:
--Stock footage of a woman giving birth while the narrator reads a brief biography about Georges Bataille.
--Two guys have sex.
--Two women have sex.
--Girl stumbles up flight of stairs for like 15 minutes while other women scream from somewhere.
--Girl pisses on the floor/stares out filthy window.
--Two girls and some guy have sex.
--10-15 minutes of black screen and electronic noise.
--The End.
Perhaps if there were at least some interesting narration from the novel during this stuff it would have had more of an impact as a piece of compelling art rather than a slightly artsy porn flick. I guess I just need to read the book.
--Stock footage of a woman giving birth while the narrator reads a brief biography about Georges Bataille.
--Two guys have sex.
--Two women have sex.
--Girl stumbles up flight of stairs for like 15 minutes while other women scream from somewhere.
--Girl pisses on the floor/stares out filthy window.
--Two girls and some guy have sex.
--10-15 minutes of black screen and electronic noise.
--The End.
Perhaps if there were at least some interesting narration from the novel during this stuff it would have had more of an impact as a piece of compelling art rather than a slightly artsy porn flick. I guess I just need to read the book.
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