This is an excellent film about lies and sex. Each
actor plays a different side of the drama. One woman wants much more sex while
her sister wants none. One man wants much more sex but cannot get his body to
cooperate. This drama centers on the videotaping of the women telling their sexual
desires and fantasies. They are promised that the tapes will never be seen. Steven
Soderbergh is the producer of this award winning film. This is a must see. It
is thought provoking and profound
Sunday, December 01, 2013
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Don’t Look Down, 2008, UR
There are so few quality erotic films. Many of the erotic films on Netflix
are rated 2 stars or below and are marketed to adolescent boys (even if their
age is 35). Elisea Subiela’s Spanish film “Don’t Look Down” is clearly an
exception.
I am not a fan of Tantric sex that is design to withhold an
organism. However, this film has tastefully and erotic Tantric sex but without the zealot tones of some new age philosophy and
certainly not for a minute is it lewd or rude. As far as delivering the essence of sex merged
with spiritually, it is delivered with humor and balance. The photography of
the many sex scenes is wonderful. This is many times more erotic than adolescent
“tits and ass” films, however I would of liked to of seen some frontal male nudity
along with the many frontal female scenes. Nonetheless, as one Netflix reviewer
wrote, “The film has lightness and humor, Latin American magical realism, and
utterly engaging and empathetic characters. There is the interplay of life and
death, and love and surrender/loss. There is the sense of being a whole person
with one's eroticism, of bringing a sense of spiritual eroticism into every
part of life, rather than hiding it away out of shame or embarrassment.”
The storyline is one of a mature lady teaching a younger man
the joy of sex without pressure and without the need to climax or even end. I
highly recommend this film and it can be seen on Netflix. 11-01-13
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
The Unbearable Likeness of Being. 1988, R
For those who wonder if Abraham Lincoln ever had a sex life,
I would recommend the film The Unbearable Likeness of Being. Daniel Day Lewis,
the star of Lincoln (2012) the movie, is also the lead in this excellent and
award winning film. Lewis is not (of course) sexual in Lincoln but is very
sexual in Likeness of Being. The film is an epic story of a couple’s struggle
against Communism in their home country of Czechoslovakia, but maybe even
more a epic struggle of marriage fidelity. The film is brilliantly edited to
include real news film clips edited to include the actors. Remember this is
1988 before digital editing. The film has plenty of nudity and numerous wild
sex scenes. However, my recent re-viewing of the film left me feeling the
themes and drama are current and the film has not aged. 2/5/13
Now & Later, 2009, NR
Take This Waltz, 2011, R
Michelle Williams provides yet another outstanding performance as Margot in this excellent film. Williams continues a career where she delivers films that explore sex and the complicated relationships surrounding sex. Her credits in this area include Brokeback Mountain, If These Walls Could Talk, Mammoth, My Week With Marilyn and Blue Valentine. The storyline of Take This Waltz has been told many times; married woman chooses erotic affair, leaving devoted husband. The storyline in this film is less important than the complicated nuances’ in this drama delivered by Williams and director Sarah Polley. These scenes include a shower sequence of 8 nude woman ages 30-70 discussing the pros and cons of taking risks in relationships, an underwater swimming pool dance of Margot and her lover that abruptly ends with a touch, a heartbreaking multiple shot sequence of husband’s reactions upon hearing of his wife’s affair and the erotic lovemaking scenes of the couple as (yes) they invite others to join them in their bed. The story may be simple but the drama is complex and the outcome unclear. 2/5/13
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