I'm not usually the kind of simpleton to say, "What's the point?" but I have to ask it about this meaningless film. In fact, Winterbottom has answered this question, and answered it very stupidly. Basically, "I wanted to make a film with ****ing in it." Yup. That's it. That's pretty much the artistic justification for this movie--****ing. He's not trying to explore some aspect of human behavior. He's not trying to convey any theme or idea--he just wanted to see some people going at it on screen.
Is the purpose to be erotic? If that's the case, the film fails miserably. It is, as somebody put rather bluntly on this site, like "watching two average people shagging." There's simply too much sex and too little real character development for there to be any heat generated in the audience. Outside of some nice little moments in between the sex scenes, there's little distinguishing this from a nature film.
I've already established that Winterbottom was an idiot for making this. But why in God's name did the actors participate? Why would they put so much on the line for a film so utterly trivial? With some other films that explicit sex acts (Intimacy, Last Tango in Paris, In the Realm of the Senses, etc.) there is at least a feeling that the director is using the sex to attempt something monumental. With this film, the director is doing nothing of the sort--he has few ambitions besides making a smutty little trifle of a film.
Want to watch a better movie than this? Find a fairly well-made amateur porn film, pick out some choice scenes from your favorite concert DVD's, and splice the two together with imovie. Probably a lot more entertaining than this piece of junk.
Is the purpose to be erotic? If that's the case, the film fails miserably. It is, as somebody put rather bluntly on this site, like "watching two average people shagging." There's simply too much sex and too little real character development for there to be any heat generated in the audience. Outside of some nice little moments in between the sex scenes, there's little distinguishing this from a nature film.
I've already established that Winterbottom was an idiot for making this. But why in God's name did the actors participate? Why would they put so much on the line for a film so utterly trivial? With some other films that explicit sex acts (Intimacy, Last Tango in Paris, In the Realm of the Senses, etc.) there is at least a feeling that the director is using the sex to attempt something monumental. With this film, the director is doing nothing of the sort--he has few ambitions besides making a smutty little trifle of a film.
Want to watch a better movie than this? Find a fairly well-made amateur porn film, pick out some choice scenes from your favorite concert DVD's, and splice the two together with imovie. Probably a lot more entertaining than this piece of junk.