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Reviews
Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography (1981)
Inside look at the porn industry
My friend's Mom took us to see this because she thought we were getting the wrong idea about porn. (I think) WE were about 14 or 15 at the time and had only see playboy and penthouse. I don't think I have seen anything this disturbing since. I definitely thought more about what's going on behind the scenes but I also developed a much broader idea about what people did, wanted to do, or are forced to do in the realm of sex. I would recommend seeing this but not before you are at least 18 or have had some experience with sex, because I can still picture a woman's breasts tied into a purple tube with the distended bulb at the end being pinched and bitten. Fun for some but a little much for the young
La cité des enfants perdus (1995)
A dark beautiful fairy tale
As in Amelie and Delicatessen, Jeunet is interested in the complex connections between things, even as small as a flea. The film is not so much about a story as it is about illustrating how the characters got where they are, often with a fast- paced sequence of events like a Rube Goldberg device. Open up your eyes and mind to the world that is created here, leave behind expectations of how it should function or how the plot should advance. You will be richly rewarded. The sets and costumes are gorgeous, true enough, but the true beauty lies in the characters and their lives; the children that are too grown up, the hero who is more a child than they are, the imperfect creations of science, and the improbable leftovers of a circus freak show.