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If
somebody told me there was a non-porn film with more money shots
than Happiness,
I just wouldn't believe them.
But that film does exist, and it's called Baise-moi (depending
on which circle you run in, the direct translation of the title
is either Rape Me or Fuck Me).
The film was tossed out of the 1999 Toronto International
Film Festival (only to return in 2000 with an edited rape scene)
and was banned in its native France just three days after it
opened.
So
what's the hubbub? Baise-moi
is equal parts Thelma and Louise, Natural Born Killers
and Cum Suckers From Outer Space IV.
It's about a pornography-addicted hooker (who kills her
uptight roommate) and a porn-star rape victim (who kills her
brother) who meet after missing the last train one dark evening.
The two "ladies" hit the road, pick up random
men, screw the shit out them and then, depending on their
overall level of sexual gratification, torture and kill the
gentlemen. They're
ruthless, they have no regret, and since both actresses are porn
stars in real life, the film is full of gratuitous penetration
shots that would rival those seen in a triple-X feature if the
digital video production wasn't so damn grainy.
Baise-moi
was made to make viewers uncomfortable, and in that regard, the
film can be considered a success.
There isn't much happening artistically here; it's just a
lot of humping and killing.
I've been begging for more of each in my diet of film,
and now that I have them, I feel kind of nauseous.
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contains graphic sex and violence, rape, language and drug
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