Monday, June 7, 2010

These are some films I feel are interesting in depicting love and sex farther outside of the "norms" in American society. These films address many of the themes we talked about today, such as Freud, sexual fluidity and sexual anxieties. Many also have to do with physical disabilities or psychological disturbances, as well as what society debates may or may not be psychological disturbances. Overall, I feel they are movies that draw on these issues in very complex ways.

-"Harold and Maude" (1971)
-"Benny and Joon" (1993)
-"Transamerica" (2005)
-"Freaks" (1932)
-"Rosemary's Baby" (1968)
-"Eraserhead" (1976)
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Bernard said...

I'm partial to films like Rosemary's Baby that draw the audience into an elaborate fantasy before they quite realize that what they're seeing is basically satire--an exaggerated picture, full of supernatural flourishes, of the desires and hopes circulating in the society.
It's just a personal taste, though. But Rosemary's Baby is certainly a film I've thought about often in considering sex in cinema.

June 7, 2010 at 8:48 PM

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