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Posted on 05/06/2005 7:19:55 AM PDT by Houmatt
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I think the allegations are unfounded. After all, this is
art we are talking about here. And even if it was not, everybody knows the right to free speech is absolute.
(Sarcasm mode: WAY ON.)
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:19:57 AM PDT
by
Houmatt
To: Houmatt
"Mysterious Skin," which traces the story of two 8-year-old boys abused by a homosexual predator into adulthood and a life of homosexual prostitution, is directed by Gregg Araki. Wonder if they will exam the cause/effect...
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:22:25 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: Houmatt
Before the 'Hollyweird' brigade comes around...this film, and Araki in general, are about as far away from Hollywood as you can get.
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:22:29 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: Houmatt
Liberals will be attacking those who hate pedophiles as bigots as well as people opposed to the joys of adult-child love. We need to become more "enlightened" as a society.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:23:11 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Borges
I saw "The Doom Generation" that Araki also directed. Aside from the blazing-hot Rose McGowan, that was the strangest film I've EVER seen.
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:25:10 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(Can we shave some fuzz off these woofers?)
To: TheBigB
Araki is a strange character. Anyone who titles a movie 'Totally F***ked Up' is not interested in reaching the mainstream.
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:26:40 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: Houmatt
Who would want to watch this?
It'll prolly be the next Salo.
To: 2banana
The director is an angry, militant homosexual.
Whatever message the film portrays will be negative - I am sure the perspective is that any crimes committed are committed by sensitive souls who have been forced into acts of desperation by cruel hetero society.
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:27:30 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: Houmatt
After all, this is art we are talking about here
Did he get a government grant to make the film?
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:28:10 AM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(Tancredo and I wanna know what you believe)
To: Sans-Culotte
Salo goes for big bucks on ebay. Have you seen it?
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:28:12 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: Houmatt
Oh, you are so right. Those busybody religious right fruitcakes coming out of the woodwork again. After all, if girls can get abortions without a parent's consent, why can't children star in porn movies, too? It's their constitutional right! (sarcasm!!!) HOW UTTERLY DISGUSTING!
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:28:46 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: SittinYonder
Check out the names of the three Production companies (the comments are mine)...
Desperate Pictures (you bet)
Antidote Films (to what?)
Fortissimo Film Sales (should have been pianissimo)
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:30:46 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
You know, I have seen about half of Salo. I could not take the whole thing at once as it became more and more intense as it went on. I had to return the film before I could finish it and have not had time to rent it out since.
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:30:48 AM PDT
by
Houmatt
(Jeb Bush is a moron. Tracking devices on sex offenders? Give me a break!)
To: Houmatt
I don't think I would want to see it. Of course shortly after making that film Pasolini was murdered by a gay hustler.
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:31:51 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
Salo goes for big bucks on ebay. Have you seen it?Good heavens, no! Sounds like a real nausea-inducer. It's supposedly an allegory about the evils of fascism, but I think WWII showed us the evils of fascism quite clearly. A movie about people objected to sadisitc and degrading tortures before being murdered is not my idea of entertainment (nor is a movie about pedophilia).
I think people collect the DVD just so they can say they have such a rare film in their collection.
To: Houmatt
I'll bet the movie gets two fists up from Andrew Sullivan.
To: Sans-Culotte
In the 'Who'd a Thunk it' Dept., 'Salo' director Pasolini earlier made a film called 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' which is regarded as one of the most reverent religious films ever made...and he was a homosexual and a Marxist!
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:36:44 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: Houmatt
I'm not convinced that this was a movie that needed to be made, or that needs to be seen. It might, however, be a movie that needs to be prosecuted.
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:38:01 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: Borges
Before the 'Hollyweird' brigade comes around...this film, and Araki in general, are about as far away from Hollywood as you can get.Except of course, that he went to USC film school like many Hollywood directors, was a music and film journalist for LA Weekly, films at LA studios used by Hollywood directors, has his films distributed by TriMark pictures and casts Hollywood B-actors like Rose McGowan, Nicky Katt, Christina Applegate, Ryan Phillippe, etc.
His films are not mainstream blockbusters, obviously. But he is as purebred a product of Hollywood film culture as anyone.
BTW, let me just state that the breadth of your film knowledge continues to impress. I wanted to ask you on the last thread - what's your favorite Ozu?
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posted on
05/06/2005 7:38:33 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: Houmatt
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