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Added 9/1/2007
Pointless boring and uninteresting. Probably just about sums up this film. Pot bellied middle aged man who used to make porn movies wanders around babbling, chain smoking and in general trying to make himself look intelectual.
Yes you may argue that it examines his relationship with his family, other artists in the business but the thing is, does anyone care? The characters are so dull and boring there is just no reason why anyone would want to know more about them. There is nothing 'erotic' about this film and nothing of any real interest.
Watch this and you will be kicking yourself you wasted a part of your life even watching such rubbish.
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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Interesting Character Study.
Added 2/12/2007
This French Canadian film about a middle-aged man who is forced to re-enter his life as a pornographic filmmaker because of his need for money is quite thought provoking. The film he makes acts as a sort of emotional backdrop that propells him to think about his own personal misgivings and his estrangement from his son. For those of you looking for lots of gratuitous sex you will be disappointed. There are several quite graphic scenes, but they are far from titillating. This is not a sex film. Recommended for its quiet, reflective nature.
5 out of 6 people found this helpful.
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Not That Bad
Added 11/19/2006
I can't believe how many people on Amazon. com dislike this movie. Two Star Average Customer Review? Come on! I saw the preview for this movie on the DVD of Teorema. I wanted to see it for two reasons; the movie looked pretty, um, cool and the only movie I'd seen with Jean-Pierre Leaud
is The 400 Blows, a movie he did when he was 14. Now in his late-fifties/early-sixties Leaud is still a fine actor who hits all the right notes in his performance as an aging pornographer. Leaud plays Jacques, a pornographer that had a slew of hits in the seventies but has retired. He now has a wife and an adult son (Jeremie Renier, "L'Enfant") he rarely speaks too, but decides to return to making movies. Problem is, porn has changed since Jacques was making it and he's not able to make it the way he wants it too. As his world falls apart around him, Jacques begins to reexamine himself and, in the process, begins to lose his mind. The movie is actually a really good character study, although it sometimes takes itself to seriously. One part almost made me laugh, when Jacques is giving an interview to a journalist and is talking about a scene in which (I'm paraphrasing) "The scene where she came, brought tears to my eyes." The movie has probably got more attention for it's graphic sex scene than anything else. This scene (which occurs about 30 minutes into the movie) is graphic...But it's not. You see more of the guy than you do of the girl, in fact you really don't see anything of the girl. It is, technically, graphic...But "The Brown Bunny" had more nudity. A lot of the reviewers on here say the movie is dull. I didn't find it dull; I actually found it pretty interesting and thought provoking. It's no masterpiece, it's not in a league with masterpieces, it's not even the best look at the world of pornography, but it's definitely an underrated film.
GRADE: B-
8 out of 9 people found this helpful.
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The Pornographer
Added 6/29/2006
This movie did not have the scenes that I expected. It only had one and that is the one that it advertises.
8 out of 18 people found this helpful.
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Very Mediocre
Added 6/19/2006
A fair French movie about this ageing porn director whos too 'accomplished' to do anything else. There are some nice visuals & cinimatography, and even some good dialog here but then theres the sub-plot with his alinated son that comes from nowhere & then goes nowhere. There is one hardcore scene in here but its meant to show how the main character hates being on the set. But, its shot from across the room, in picture frame, so its not really even graphic enough that you relate to his discomfort. Dont expect to be blow away by this one...
2 out of 5 people found this helpful.
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