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Title: Disturbing and beautiful
Review: Bold, experimental film with overtones of David Lynch, PeterGreenaway and others, but on first viewing at least seemedto have more style than substance.Photographed on scratchy black and white and sepia toned films,and using titles like a silent film even though there is dialogue,there's a fascinating sense of being dislocated in time by this storyof exploiters and pornographers in turn of the 20th century Russia.Thematically it explores all sorts of exploitive relationships, particularlysexual, and the idea that all cinema, is in it's own way, porn.But somehow the ideas don't seem all that deep. I felt like I got thefilms message long before it was over. Still, the visuals kept mehooked, and I'd definitely give it another look to see if it grew deeperon a second viewing. It's one of those films that demands at leastthat much respect.
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