someone puts it much better than me
"Juliette Binoche's performance clearly is the focus of Malgorzata Szumowska's drama, and I hear that both Anaïs Demoustier and Joanna Kulig are more than willing to match her intensity with their portrayals of two young women from modest backgrounds who pull Binoche into their world.
Depictions of female sexuality in film tend to make me a bit leery, especially when it's reduced to a mere dichotomy - and then put in front of critics, who are, quelle surprise, mostly male.
Looks like the veteran actress has another wildly carnal turn in David Cronenberg's upcoming movie, Cosmopolis."
exactly. exactly. why sex scenes in movies if not done very, very carefully disturb me. how is a sex scene in a movie ever done appropriately (see: in the context of a story line, effective for character/plot development) when we have been socialized to think about them as voyeurs instead of real viewers?
Depictions of female sexuality in film tend to make me a bit leery, especially when it's reduced to a mere dichotomy - and then put in front of critics, who are, quelle surprise, mostly male.
Looks like the veteran actress has another wildly carnal turn in David Cronenberg's upcoming movie, Cosmopolis."
exactly. exactly. why sex scenes in movies if not done very, very carefully disturb me. how is a sex scene in a movie ever done appropriately (see: in the context of a story line, effective for character/plot development) when we have been socialized to think about them as voyeurs instead of real viewers?