How about peter Jacksons "Meet The Feebles". I think that is one of the most unique examinations of perversion in film history. ---------- > From: Soeren Ney <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Perversion in Film > Date: Friday, August 22, 1997 9:45 AM > > > 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. > > here are my suggestions: > > The Brood > Shievers > Videodrome (nearly all films by David Cronenberg are dealing with > "perversion") > > Nekromantik > Nekromantik 2 by Joerg Buttgereit. > > Both films are german productions so I don t know if they are available in > the US. But their plot is about necrophilia and the footage is quite > explicit...highly recommended for your list! > > Day of the woman/I spit on your grave by Meir Zarchi > Tokio Decadence by Ryu Murakami > Gothic by Ken Russel > Bloodsucking Freaks by Joel M Reed > Mark of the Devil by Michael Armstrong > Mark of the Devil II by Adrian Hoven > Hellraiser by Cliver Barker > Maniac by William Lustig > Bloodlust by Marijan Vajda > 120 Days of Sodom by Piere Paolo Pasolini > Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist by Kirby Dick > > Those films are of course very different in their quality but I hope this > list will help you. > > Soeren Ney > Kiel. Germany > > ---- > 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