Sex scenes


It has been a while since I saw a Breillat movie, but I think the sex scenes were well done. I don't call it "love making" because the passion has something wild avbout it, which makes you wonder whether animals love sex.

My point is that this is the only interesting thing about the movie. The story is clear from the beginning and it just couldn't keep my attention. I gave it 3/10.

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I agree, it's by far the worst Breillat film I've seen. Aside from the sex, which wasn't even handled well, in my opinion, the film isn't memorable or particularly noteworthy. I didn't get the same animinalistic feeling from the intercourse that you did. Rather I found it very exploitative. There was passion, and a sense of rawness, but the way it fit in with the film, felt rather shallow and exploitative.

Last film seen: Robert Bresson's Pickpocket - Brilliant!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053168/

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Is the sex graphic? That's one reason why I like Catherine Breillat movies. I like to see "regular" movies with graphic sex.

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Yup, it is fairly real and graphic.

Last film seen: Robert Bresson's Pickpocket - Brilliant!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053168/

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The sex is fairly strongly simulated, but it's not graphic. Breasts and female buttocks are visible in a lot of scenes, but there's only the slightest shadow of female pubic hair. There's not the slightest hint of male pubic hair or any sign of a penis, and although male butts are visible I don't recall any male butt-crack. The sex is pretty hot, but it's not explicit, but it's realistic enough that there are no moments where it's clearly fake.

It's definitely not another Shortbus (which is the best movie I've seen with real sex on-screen).

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Well "graphic" is subjective. Sex like this is fairly common in French films and also in Finland. In the US, well, many might find it graphic and exploitative.

Last film seen: Robert Bresson's Pickpocket - Brilliant!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053168/

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Oh yes, of course, we in the U.S. are so judgmental, and the French are so sophisticated, how dare we try to use the words graphic and exploitative to describe the sex scenes in this movie.

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That's the thing -- the French ARE sophisticated. Europeans in general are smart enough to realize that sex is completely natural, and that the stuff we think is graphic in America is nothing. The words "graphic" or "explicit" should, in my opinion, only be used to describe unsimulated sex scenes.

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"the French ARE sophisticated"
Hah, what a great generalization...

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Compared to Americans, yes, I would say they are. And this is coming from an American.

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Americans ARE prudes, bizarro hypocritical lusting for taboo but denouncing it, sometimes in the same breath. Europe however to nudity does a "yeah, whatever." Even in Italy, land of Catholics and the Pope, they see nudity as no big deal. But here in America it's looked at with anything from raised eyebrows and distaste. Yes, this coming from an American who doesn't get the big deal of it all and doesn't like to be told how I should feel about what I do or don't watch.

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>>Americans ARE prudes, bizarro hypocritical lusting for taboo but denouncing it, sometimes in the same breath. Europe however to nudity does a "yeah, whatever." Even in Italy, land of Catholics and the Pope, they see nudity as no big deal. But here in America it's looked at with anything from raised eyebrows and distaste. Yes, this coming from an American who doesn't get the big deal of it all and doesn't like to be told how I should feel about what I do or don't watch<<

I think John Cleese said it best in an interview about the controversy around the Life of Brian when it came out (if can be found on Youtube I think) when he said that "Americans are deeply uncomfortable about anything to do with Sex" and he used that to describe any reason why Americans get up in arms over anything.
Its absoutely true that all Americans are not like that, I spent a lot of time in North Carolina (the Bible Belt no less) and got to know more down to Earth Americans there than anything and though I saw the mad Preacher side of it as it were, that was still miniscule in comparison. however the public persona of the American 'Image' in many ways seems to be that of the so called 'Moral-Majority'

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I am going to see Une vieille maitresse tonight so I will not be able to judge the sex scene until then. I loved Shortbus. It has the best scenes I have seen so far also. Although they were explicit(I don't like the term "graphic") some of them were rather sensual or had a hint of sweetness in them. Unlke most Hollywood blockbusters, the sex scene has a purpose, there was a reason behind them. (The scene between James and Ceth was a gem, the scene between Sofia and Severin had his soft moment and the scene between Leah, Nick and Sofia was a tender moment.

To good movies with sex scenes are "Strange Circus" and "Old Boy" as the sex scenes have meanings BUT and I SAY BUT, the movies are hard to watch because of thee complex and delicate subject of the story line. Worth at least one watch though.

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No -- using the commonly used meaning of "graphic" in the America, this film is much less graphic than other Breillat movies and even many US-produced films. What you're seeing is Ryno entwined with his mistress or wife without any sex "action" or genitals exposed. This is barely soft-core you might see on late-night television.

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i think that the sex scenes were bad,
they looked very "fake" and really not attractive

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I'm from US and it's not that graphic at all so stick it Frenchies.....LOL

So much stereotyping in this topic it's not even funny. Rather sad actually.

First of all, it's graphic nudity for mainstream films, but it's hardly seriously pornographic. The US has made wayyyy more graphic films but they just usually suck anyways....Brown Bunny shows a full blow job close up. Ken Park shows very pornographic sex as well. However....Sex in The Last Mistress is much better simply because there's a feeling of attachment between the 2 characters. It's more sexual than real porn. Most porn sux...especially the high production stuff nowadays...the 80's had better stuff. You need story to convey sexual interest, not just sticking parts where they go... A into B.

Me thinks Asia got a boob job at one point....not a bad one though , which I normally am very opposed to. I think that if a woman already had decent sized boobs like she did, they can hide below the real boobs very well. She is a rare case though.

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American here. Just to give a background I went into this movie liking Asia as an actress so I'm biased that way, and also I've never seen another movie by this director, who has supposedly done much more graphic stuff. Other than my American (or southern californian) phobia of body hair, I didn't find any of the scenes to be that graphic, fake, or exploitative. Actually, there was one scene I felt was exploitative when the two women kiss because it seemed to have nothing whatsoever to do with the plot.

On the contrary I felt like all of the sex scenes were well placed and pretty integral to the plot, even (if not especially) the scene when the daughter dies. LIke with any art, maybe people need to see more stuff like bad porn with bad sex scenes to really understand what a good one looks like. IMO these were well done. I thought the miscarriage scene and the one where she licks Ryno's wound were a tad bit Gothic but again, I think they added to my understanding of the characters. Not just there to shock or just to be there. As an opera singer all I kept thinking while watching it was this would make a fabulous opera!

I'm so glad someone else thinks Asia had a boob job as well. I used to think we were the same cup size about, then I saw this and her boobs were all big and flopping around, which pissed me off. I would have sworn she was a B and suddenly she's like a C and a half or D even, what's that about?

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candries-1

which makes you wonder whether animals love sex


Unfortunately, Catherine the Great is not alive anymore to tell us about.

k6fishnet

"the French ARE sophisticated"
Hah, what a great generalization...


Yes, they are also *beeping* sophisticatedly, don’t you know that?

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Yet they all want to (including John Cleese) make it big in America.

Because they know at the end of the day becoming famous in America is when you have really become successful.

Funny, how they forget that part.

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Successful "financially" that is, because Hollywood pays more than anywhere else. As for being the center of raw acting talent, Hollywood is not since alot of big ticket drawers to the theaters in America are not that great an actor.

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