Nauseating


There is just no way to separate the basic theme of this film from the beliefs of the man who made it. Salva (like many pedophiles) apparently sees himself as being more enlightened, more sensitive, more intelligent, more "beautiful" than the average person -- in other words, he sees himself as Powder. When Powder is victimized by the intolerant townspeople for being different, it is Salva railing against his own victimization by society. Sorry, Victor. You may feel as unjustly ostracized and misunderstood as Powder, but harmless albinism and harmful molestation are not on the same page, not even in the same universe, and to try and equate them is offensive.

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I was going to start a thread about this, couldn't believe nobody had, until I saw this one !
I agree with the OP.
The story in itself is quite enchanting and even if done in 1995, the only thing that truly bothered me was the music.
Truly unfortunate overuse of dated music personally.

Then I looked up the director of this movie, director and writer and just...
Yuck, how he sees himself is just horrible.
Not only that the thing that truly made me sick is the scene where they take Powder's pants off and laugh at him for being totally hairless, like a boy.
And the actor playing Powder plays the little lost boy very well.

The story in itself is great, but the fact the director said this story came to him while he was in prison paying for his crime just sickens me.

If it had been made by anyone else, first off it probably would've been done better (and no I'm not trolling just stating personal taste) and it wouldn't leave such a bad aftertaste.
Again : Yuck

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It's just another perspective. You may not agree with it (and I don't) but it is interesting.

The only reason I could see for taking personal offence would be if you knew someone who is, or maybe are yourself, a victim of sexual abuse.

Otherwise it is indescribably wrongheaded, but still undeniably fascinating... In the same way as I'd be extremely curious to watch a movie made by someone like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, it still wouldn't mean that I agreed with him.






Born when she kissed me, died when she left me, lived whilst she loved me

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you sure do know a lot about the mind of a pedophile.

i guess you being one helps with that.

you need treatment, and to stay away from kids.

you sick freak felstein.

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