How about Bunuel's "That (The?) Obscure Object of Desire" Nicholas Broomfield's recent documentary "Fetishes" Monica Treut's "Seduction: A Cruel Woman" Lynn Stopkewicz's new "Kissed" (re necrophilia) and, of course, the "howling woman" scene in "Porky's". Jeff At 09:56 AM 8/22/97 -0300, you wrote: >Add >Ken Russell's CRIMES OF PASSION >Almodovar's ATAME >Gainsbourg's JE T'AIME MOI NON PLUS >Allen's EVERITHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX ... >D'Almeida's MATOU A FAMILIA E FOI AO CINEMA >Luna's LAS EDADES DE LULU > >CS > >---------- >From: Bet MacArthur <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Perversion in Film >Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 14:43:49 -0400 > >Without getting too specific about "definitions" of "perversion," we solicit >from Screen-L readers the names of films after 1944 which deal with >perversion in men or women. To give you a feel for our dilemma, titles >already suggested to us include (no, we won't defend all of these) Blue >Velvet, Crash, Fatal Attraction, The Collector, Rope, Lolita, Angels and >Insects, M Butterfly, Blood Simple, Dr. Strangelove, The Rapture, Chinatown, >Hard Core, In The Realm of the Senses, Dressed to Kill, Dead Ringers, Chloe >in the Afternoon, Rambling Rose, City of Women, Swept Away. >I feel strongly this loose list overlooks some further compelling examples. >Any suggestions would be appreciated. >Bet MacArthur & Ray Ishigata >Arts Analysis Institute >Cambridge MA > >---- >Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the >University of Alabama. > >---- >Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite >http://www.sa.ua.edu/screensite > > ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.sa.ua.edu/screensite