I went to see this film with high expectations because of my interest in Bataille, and thought that an 'arthouse-cinema'-adaption would stand a good chance in translating his beautiful and dreamlike semi-surrealistic novel into a full length movie. And what do i get? A dull porno flick 'decorated' with tiresome 'arty' s/m and fetishist settings. Where's the connection to Bataille and "The story of O"? It is nowhere to find; except from the 'kinky sex', which then again has nothing much in common with the original story's erotic content - apart from the occurrence of sex.. You see, this film shows nothing but sex, it has no narrative, no presentation of characters, etc; i.e.: it is just regular porn. You get 3 quite long sex-scenes (boy + boy; girl + girl; girl + girl + boy) and a few scenes of masturbation, all shot in a dreadful 'arty' way with bad lightning and unreasonable editing. Apart from that there's a gratuitous scene of an obstetrical childbirth - which is completely meaningless but, one might assume, presumably seen as 'cool' or 'awsome' by the director - and an overly long scene of a ragged girl walking up a really long staircase. That's it. Yes, after spending 80 minutes with this film, I am a tad disappointed...
This film resembles a slightly kinky porno you'd stumble over on cable-TV late at night, and most likely turn off. I am not the least of a rabid anti-sex-preacher, but: a) this is just a cheesy porno movie; b) cheesy porn is usually really dull to watch; c) to sprinkle it with a bit of 'daring, exciting' s/m won't make me cheer.
I guess Bataille would've seen this porno flick as an insult, or perhaps just yawned a bit and sighed at what people try to pass to the audience. This film is for porn-buffs only. Try to get a copy of 'Valerie and her week of wonders' by Jaromil Jires instead.
This film resembles a slightly kinky porno you'd stumble over on cable-TV late at night, and most likely turn off. I am not the least of a rabid anti-sex-preacher, but: a) this is just a cheesy porno movie; b) cheesy porn is usually really dull to watch; c) to sprinkle it with a bit of 'daring, exciting' s/m won't make me cheer.
I guess Bataille would've seen this porno flick as an insult, or perhaps just yawned a bit and sighed at what people try to pass to the audience. This film is for porn-buffs only. Try to get a copy of 'Valerie and her week of wonders' by Jaromil Jires instead.