Sex, Lies, and Videotape--Feminism and Sexual Lies

Ericka 2022-08-04 09:37:14

The character's characteristics All of the first section is discussed here. John Ancinthia Keywords: Possessive Sexuality This is a typical image of a strong man: possessive (insecure), professional, and talented at acting. longing for self-comfort after losing possession. The absence of a conceited housewife Sexual Frigidity Control Failure After the discovery of an extramarital affair, she is the opposite of Cynthia. Cynthia: Controlling Vanity The penis controller Maybe she just needs sex. Graham: The inability to communicate "audience complex" (if there is such a word) He was having a dream. What keeps him going: pure sexual fantasies? He has pure love, and he suppresses desire in a similar way to penance.

The second section of the character relationship between John and Graham is tit for the same sex. Cynthia and AnnDo they know that they are the same? Ann and Graham are in love? Cynthia and Graham are unlikely to have sex again. The different requirements of feminism The two heroines' lust for sex in the third section is reflected in the two heroines. They are united in the social character of women. From the above, I came to the wrong conclusion that women only need control over sex while men need control over women.

If you simply think of it as a love story, then the theme is that the woman loves the person she loves more and more, and the man tries to love the person who loves him. Of course, this idea is wrong. Going back to feminism, I thought the director's appeal was that men should care more about women in their marriages instead of looking for excitement. Different men have different views on women, which is reflected in Elizabeth, and deformed views gradually create deformed personalities. Women like fantasies, and giving them fantasies is a man's responsibility and a man's social division of labor.

To sum up a few points, people probably need different sex types. We need to examine the part of our hearts about sex, but we can't deliberately force changes or otherwise. Things have cause and effect. In the lie that people are satisfied with about their sexual needs, we weave our own lies: either compelled sexual needs, or compulsion, or delusions, or sexual fantasies, or pure fear. We can't explain this phenomenon, and we are starting to suffer. This is an inconsistent wave function. We are all suffering, and in the director's opinion, when the opportunity is ripe, we will cross the sea of suffering.

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  • Guiseppe 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    I've been revisiting old films these days. Soderbergh's debut, which won the Palme d'Or in one fell swoop, is not a vain reputation. The film has a lot of dialogue, and the style is a bit like Rohmer's film. In terms of the use of lenses, including scene transitions or transitions, the film uses a lot of methods of parallel montage and separation of sound and picture that are different from the conventional ones. The reflection on the image has also become the unique innovation of this work.

  • Jennings 2022-03-28 09:01:04

    Revisit! It is a movie that has influenced the three views. Re-watching it after more than ten years is still surprising Soderbergh's excellent script creation. The four protagonists represent four types of confused modern people, and the themes around sex and lies are displayed again. Rare delicacy and depth, uniquely added to the modern tool of video tape, switching back and forth between video and real scenes, similar to those characters played by Spader in Cronenberg's films

Sex, Lies, and Videotape quotes

  • Ann: So, all these are... are interviews, huh?

    Graham: Uh, yes.

    Ann: Can we watch one?

    Graham: No, I'd - uh, no.

    Ann: Why not?

    Graham: Well, I... promised each of the subjects that no one would see the videotapes except for me.

    Ann: What are the interviews about?

    Graham: The interviews are about sex.

  • Ann: Well, what did he ask exactly?

    Cynthia: Well, I don't want to tell you exactly.

    Ann: You let a total stranger record your sexual life on videotape, but you won't tell your own sister?

    Cynthia: Apparently.