Alexandre Belin, Amira Casar, Catherine Breillat
Focusing on male identity, this is the tale of an apprehensive homosexual man, forced to confront female sexuality from his point of view. Following a post-night club encounter, a man and a woman move...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005
Stats: 178 reviews
None of it bothers me. I like Catherine Breillat's intentions, her unapologatic and unconventional filmmaking that challenges the big dogs (Men). The controversy she spurs is also a plus. If you're familiar with editing techniques, some of the gross-out imagery in this movie will...( read more)
LETTERBOX. Yo también creo que el sexo en el cine puede ser simultáneamente gráfico, grotesco y poético... pero en este trabajo todo lo percibo como falso, de una grandilocuencia forzada y bastante artificial. Hacer del protagonista masculino un homosexual solo ahonda en el facto...( read more)
1st, does anyone know if Rocco Siffredi is gay? His acting was quite believable for a porn star. 2ndly, the story/plot wasnt very controversial: its simply a slow, quiet study of both a gay man & womans search for their sexuality. The explicitness was natural & necessary (tho ...( read more)
In the film's defense, I will say that it's intention was to be unwatchable due to it's images. Yes, I'd say it worked.
"Thought-provoking" and "daring" are two words that come to mind when I try to describe this film.
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING REVIEW CONTAINS VULGARITY AND OTHER VIOLENT, NORMALLY UNAPPRECIATED FORMS OF EXPRESSION.
Oooh man, I've seen some awful fucking movies in my time but Catherine Breillat's "Anatomy of Hell" stands at "the top" at this point. Shit, I'm trying to find a titl...( read more)
Breillat uses this man and woman on a bed (sometimes only he is clothed, and sometimes the two of them are naked) as a way of exploring the meaning of women's bodies from social, political and persona... full review
A mere parade of shock images meant to free us from our bourgeois illusions -- and since narrative engagement appears to be one of those sins, it's impossible to find a foothold. full review
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