Posted on 09/10/2012 9:23:02 PM PDT by Bratch
Writer-director Nick Cassavetes unveiled his new movie “Yellow” at the Toronto Film Festival this weekend and found himself defending the main character’s incestuous love affair with her own brother.
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Cassavetes – a maverick filmmaker whose parents are the legendary actress Gena Rowlands and actor-director John Cassavetes -- confessed he could not condemn it.
“I have no experience with incest,” he told TheWrap in an interview on Sunday. “We started thinking about that. We had heard a few stories where brothers and sisters were completely, absolutely in love with one another. You know what? This whole movie is about judgment, and lack of it, and doing what you want.
“Who gives a sh*t if people judge you?” he continued. “I’m not saying this is an absolute but in a way, if you’re not having kids – who gives a damn? Love who you want. Isn’t that what we say? Gay marriage – love who you want? If it’s your brother or sister it’s super-weird, but if you look at it, you’re not hurting anybody except every single person who freaks out because you’re in love with one another.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thewrap.com ...
And the slide down the slippery slope continues.
I sorry, I forget which side is anti-science again?
There’s a natural repulsion to homosexual interaction. Now we’re told by the New Moralists that repulsion is repulsive, that the natural gag reflex to it is unnatural. Now we have the movement to say incest is fine and natural? Insane.
Great voice.
Real dumbs**t.
haha... never mind. Super tired. Thought he was somebody else...haha...going away now...
Cersei/ Jaime
Apologies.
Sounds like the theme of the movie is that sex choices have consequences. Her lack of judgment (exemplified by incest) eventually led to her losing her job in disgrace (for “broom closet” sex).
Should check out the comments at Huffington Post. About 10-20% at least are completely good with this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/10/nick-cassavetes-incest-who-gives-a-damn_n_1871005.html
Coincidentally , this afternoon while having lunch , I watched a 1995 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents on Youtube , starring Cassavetes’ father .
If it feels good do it.
“Do what thou whilst shall be the whole of the law.”
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