dir. Elizabeth Lawrence
USA, 2009 (?)
Great documentary on charismatic North Dakotan Chris Sand, who has a double-life as a cowboy and country/hiphop musician.
Wednesday 7 September 2011
The Skin I Live In
dir. Pedro Almodovar
Spain, 2011
A fan of those "torture-porn" films like Saw could watch this and in some scenes respond in the same way as they would those horrific Hollywood films. They could do that whilst also being comprehensively critiqued and attacked without realising it, such is the twisted genius of Almodovar's film. Every instance of apparent misogynistically-inclined control or violence is turned inside out and sent back at the misogynist whilst conning him into thinking the film's in agreement. Mindboggling.
Spain, 2011
A fan of those "torture-porn" films like Saw could watch this and in some scenes respond in the same way as they would those horrific Hollywood films. They could do that whilst also being comprehensively critiqued and attacked without realising it, such is the twisted genius of Almodovar's film. Every instance of apparent misogynistically-inclined control or violence is turned inside out and sent back at the misogynist whilst conning him into thinking the film's in agreement. Mindboggling.
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