Conspirators of Pleasure

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Logan D In Prague, six residents and their strange fetishes and rituals are portrayed. An exceptionally strange film that supposedly has subtext reflecting the political trials of the time. Oddball cinema at its best. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/12/24 Full Review Audience Member Another great Jan Svankmajer film. If you're not up on your '80's/'90's Eastern European politics you'll want to read up on this movie to get the most out of the subtext. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Belies gut laughter & mania! This film has grandfathered many like it. It reminds me of many student films since made, exploiting the walls between us, the floors under our feet, animosity. Best by far? The moustachioed man with his fetishistic massaging apparatus. People only look normal! Beware! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review eric b Six bizarre fetishists -- not necessarily focused on sex -- carry out their unique, elaborate rituals in Jan Svankmajer's unsettling "Conspirators of Pleasure." Svankmajer, best known for stop-motion animations, turns his microscope onto live actors with predictably provocative results. He retains his coroner's eye, eternally digging into the inner gears and giblets of his subjects, but his ability to blur the line between people and machines is both a talent and a handicap. The guy just has no sense of humanity. But what a remarkable set of impossible behaviors he has constructed. Revealing too many details would spoil the fun (advice: skip this website's exhaustive synopsis), but let's just say the perverse games involve items like fur scraps, bread balls, false arms, rolling pins, live fish, porn mags, chicken masks, straw and a balloon of blood. It's just a shame that he is so endlessly fascinated with slurps, sloshes and squirts -- any chance he has for a tight shot of something (anything!) making an unpleasant noise, he grabs with gusto. The action literally turns nauseating at times. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Irrational bizzare massive product from Svankmajer, big appreciate what he did with his brain, special ! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member A strange experience, despite the lack of dialogue or real plot this perverted little picture is strangely captivating. The conclusion is a disappointment though, lacking any real pay off. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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