Great film. "Why should I feel sorry for a thug like him?" she asks herself. But it's much worse than that. Again and again she goes back to her rapist... and all we can do is passively sit there watching this terrible "love affair" unfold. But to judge her for it makes us part of the machine that's oppressing her. She is constantly being belittled and exploited -sexually and domestically- so maybe she just wants to believe she is as needed and holy as the madman makes her feel. All in all, her grandma's spirit makes everything turn out fine for our heroine, who starts to assert herself and fight back by the end of the story. So is the movie empowering? Is it feminist? Not exactly. It's a bit too icky for that. But it wouldn't be Imamura -the master of beastly poetry- if it wasn't.
This movie was terrible to sit through. If I had known just how terrible it was going to be, I would have never seen it. Hands down one of the worst films I've ever seen. How many times does a woman need to be raped in a film? 1/10
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elcid
A kind of "bildungsroman " for the 20th century.ucuruju
Great film. "Why should I feel sorry for a thug like him?" she asks herself. But it's much worse than that. Again and again she goes back to her rapist... and all we can do is passively sit there watching this terrible "love affair" unfold. But to judge her for it makes us part of the machine that's oppressing her. She is constantly being belittled and exploited -sexually and domestically- so maybe she just wants to believe she is as needed and holy as the madman makes her feel. All in all, her grandma's spirit makes everything turn out fine for our heroine, who starts to assert herself and fight back by the end of the story. So is the movie empowering? Is it feminist? Not exactly. It's a bit too icky for that. But it wouldn't be Imamura -the master of beastly poetry- if it wasn't.Good essay on this:
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1151-intentions-of-murder-eros-and-civilization
zizoujuve
"Intentions Of Murder"Pigs, Pimps and Prostitutes Box Set.
Limbesdautomne
In Imamura's universe, society is a jungle where men, hunting fragile victims, are the masters.Read more in French on La Saveur des goûts amers.
allisoncm
This movie was terrible to sit through. If I had known just how terrible it was going to be, I would have never seen it. Hands down one of the worst films I've ever seen. How many times does a woman need to be raped in a film? 1/10