It's weeks infront of the lecture on films, but last night I was unfortunate enough to watch Antichrist, a film by Lars Von Trier. It was mentioned in Bizarre magazine a few weeks ago, and they said it was incredibly gory so, being into blood and guts, I downloaded it.
I seriously had to rewind and watch the first 2 minutes of the film several times. Willem Dafoe, the goblin from the film Spiderman, was penetrating some naked chick in the shower. It wasn't some crappy waist-high shot either, you can actually see a dick, balls and all, being thrust into some womans vag... in slow motion! Now, obviously, it's unlikey that the on screen cock was actually his, but I honestly thought for a second that I'd dug up his dirty porn-filled past.
Without going into detail of the plot (as I assume a lot of students who read this will rush off to watch the film) throughout the film there are several more sex scences, ones just as graphic as the first. I can't say the film itself was interesting enough to pay full attention to, but I can say that the sex scenes didn't add to the plot at all. They did, however, add to our understanding of the characters, but the effect would of been exactly the same if we had seen them at it under the covers.
After watching the film I had to ask myself how mainstream things have become. It wasn't all that long ago when sex was still a hushed subject and the porn industry was very underground. Now, not only do you have to walk past several sex shops to get into Wolvo high street, but you can see the act in Hollywood films. So is this generation having to redefine what "being bad" is?
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ReplyDeleteI'm very happy that someone wrote a blog post about one of my favourite films! Although there are some very gory and shocking scenes, I find it pointless to watch this film just for the sake of seeing blood and porn. However, I recommend this film to anyone who is interested in psychology.
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In my opinion, the first scene (the one that you mention) is the only time in the film when the characters have sex while being in love. From the moment their child is dead, their relationship deeply change. He (the man) believes he can help his wife but she never really accepts his help. She is afraid of being manipulated. Everytime their discussions go nowhere, she expresses her grief and sorrow by having sex with him. She believes that Nature and women are evil. It is consequently logical that the film ends in a terrible way. This is simply the result of a long rise of violence the audience is witnessing. There is no responsible for this outburst of violence, they are both very affected by the loss of their child and cannot get over it. As they were having sex when their child died, they could never have been able to have sex again and enjoy it as they used to do. They try to save a relationship that is doomed, this is the only explanation that I have to explain such a tragic end.
[I'm sorry about posting my comment twice. I had to correct some serious mistakes!]
I can totally understand why this would be a favourite for someone. In all fairness I found the cinematography incredible, I can't think of any film I've seen that used the same style as this one.
ReplyDeleteI figured that the womans constant need for sex was, as you say, related to the loss of her child, but I also think that she sees the sex as some kind of release. She seems to want it most during stressful situations, as sex can often help you momentarily forget things.
I also thought the characters relationship was really interesting. When he takes over the role as her counseller/mentor/sex-buddy their relationships dramatically changes. No longer do we see any emotional contact between the two peoplw. It seemed to be a very simple business arrangement, as opposed to a marriage.
Have you ever seen the film Fight Club? That's a good one if you're looking from a psychologists point of view.
I totally agree with you about Antichrist.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen Fight Club yet, but many people told me it's a good film. So I should watch it as soon as I can!
You should XD Best film everrrrrrr!
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