have you spotted the criterion edition tattoo?
Thanks for all you do Blue ….
If pornogtaphy can never count as art, then do films like ‘The Devil In Miss Jones’ and ‘Cafe Flesh’ count as porn?
Would this be considered art?
Heartbeat In The Brain (a short documentary made in 1970)
“Amanda Feilding, a 27-year old art student, sits dressed in a white robe. Before her a row of operating utensils is laid neatly out on a table. She calmly shaves her hairline, then dons a shower cap to restrain the remaining hair. She injects herself with a local anesthetic, then retrieves a scalpel from the line-up of tools and, with a firm look of determination, begins to excise a patch of skin from her head. Next, she reaches for an electric drill, aims it carefully at the spot on her head and presses down on the foot pedal. The drill screeches to life and begins chewing away at Feilding’s frontal bone. Blood geysers from the hole, roughly three-eighths of an inch wide, splattering her white robe. She grins widely in the mirror as rivers of blood run down her face.
“Feilding then washes the blood from her face with a cloth and wraps her head in bandages. She changes out of the blood-stained robe and begins getting dressed, donning a gold headdress to disguise the bandages. Finally, waving goodbye to the camera, she heads off to a fancy dinner party.”
Wait a second, when you say documentary, you mean she actually did that? Cringe-worthy.
Yep. It happened…
Well, I guess you’re not hardcore unless you live hardcore.
to john 6 months ago…I find it interesting that seeing real sex on camera is automatically pornography in your opinion. In my mind you do not seem to grasp an understanding of what it is to create. I think you should try, if you want to be an artist, to not place limits on yours and others creativity. By the way, I believe porn is when people are having sex mainly for sexual entertainment, and money. I think when it becomes art is when there is an artistic purpose, a thesis statement if you will, behind the piece…a concept… Think about it… P.S. I also find it interesting that some of your fav. films are by Kubrick, such as the Shinning. Which is amazing, yet very violent. So, the question is you don’t have a problem with seeing gore and violence but when people are having sex on camera that bothers you ethically??? I think if sex troubles you more than violence your ethics are questionable. I personally don’t have a problem with either in films. I also find it interesting that Kubrick’s last film, " Eyes Wide Shut," was given an NC-17 rating and depicted tons of what some might deem pornographic sexual acts, yet, he is one of your fav. directors and you have a problem with the “realm.” ….Interesting…
KJ
moderators must be sleeping in today.