So, Blue is the Warmest Color just picked up the Palm d'Or at Cannes and will be screening in the states late October.
CAN'T FUCKING WAIT.
3 hour romantic eroto-drama that might actually give some much needed credence to the NC-17 rating after Showgirls, masterpiece that it is, dashed it into the ground.
[url]http://variety.com/2013/film/news/domestic-trailer-for-blue-is-the-warmest-color-1200648811/[/url]
Though I'll probably be nursing a semi throughout most of the movies more, uh, erotic scenes.
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So uh, what does this movie have going for itself exactly?
Literally the only things I've seen talked about in regards to it are the fact it has a 12 minute sex scene, a debate about if said sex scene was simulated or not, complaints about real lesbians not being on set to "technically advise" for the sex scene, and if it is moral for the film to have a character be 15 years old or something and engage in the damn sex scene.
Like wow, surely there's something else to talk about here?
Literally the only things I've seen talked about in regards to it are the fact it has a 12 minute sex scene, a debate about if said sex scene was simulated or not, complaints about real lesbians not being on set to "technically advise" for the sex scene, and if it is moral for the film to have a character be 15 years old or something and engage in the damn sex scene.
Like wow, surely there's something else to talk about here?
^ Trailer looked like some decent bildungsroman story wrapped in (lesbian) romantic narrative. Certainly not Kubrick/Godard/etc tier but it seems pretty ok and deals with subject not frequently portrayed.
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Romances aren't frequently portrayed? Coming of age stories aren't frequently portrayed?
Even if you restrict it to "homosexual romances" and "homosexual coming of age stories", there have still been entire movements of cinema based around that, so...I'm not seeing what isn't frequently portrayed here.
Even if you restrict it to "homosexual romances" and "homosexual coming of age stories", there have still been entire movements of cinema based around that, so...I'm not seeing what isn't frequently portrayed here.
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Well I'll give you that they're not as frequently portrayed in big budget Hollywood movies, but there are still movements like New Queer Cinema, that were mostly made of indie stuff.
Some of it was pretty crazy too, from what I understand. The Living End for example was basically Thelma & Louise with two gay dudes, and ended with
Some of it was pretty crazy too, from what I understand. The Living End for example was basically Thelma & Louise with two gay dudes, and ended with
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one protagonist raping the other, and attempting to shoot himself in the head at the same time as he orgasms (There are a variety of reasons that drove him to this).
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The Killer of Heroes wrote:So uh, what does this movie have going for itself exactly?
It's three hours long, shot entirely handheld in overly tight close ups, has gorgeous women on screen all the time & is in French. What doesn't it have going for it?
I'll see it. I may love it. But I may also find it overrated like I did "Rust & Bone" last year. The other "original romance story of a lifetime" shot almost entirely in overly tight close ups with some hot people speaking in French.
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None of those sound like inherently positive qualities to me. Nor inherently negative I guess.
The actresses being so pretty (As well as the sex scene between them being practically the only point of discussion about this film) does make me question how legitimate the portrayal of a lesbian romance is going to be, and if this film is just meant to be masturbation fodder for heterosexual men or not.
Yeah because if they're pretty, that automatically means it can't be artistic.
Spielberg apparently loved it....and he's the least sexually charged filmmaker I can think of. We'll just have to wait and see I guess....
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It was at the very least implied.
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No, it wasn't. Stop making things up.
EDIT: These last two posts are more dickish than I meant them to be, so for that I'll apologize.
Honestly though, I don't see how you get "This film isn't artistic because it has an attractive cast" from what I wrote. What you bolded certainly doesn't support that- it supports the suggestion that this film MAY be exploiting a lesbian love story with attractive characters to appeal to straight men.
EDIT: These last two posts are more dickish than I meant them to be, so for that I'll apologize.
Honestly though, I don't see how you get "This film isn't artistic because it has an attractive cast" from what I wrote. What you bolded certainly doesn't support that- it supports the suggestion that this film MAY be exploiting a lesbian love story with attractive characters to appeal to straight men.
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