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Georges Bataille's Story of the Eye

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Dave Kehr New York Times 09/22/2004
4/5
It is a strange, beautiful, disturbing and at times literally painful work. Go to Full Review Ed Halter Village Voice 09/21/2004
Relentless, pretentious tedium. Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey Variety 06/16/2004
Scabrous video art teetering between falutin' gallery and lowdown carnal imagery. Go to Full Review Maitland McDonagh TV Guide 09/30/2004
2/5
Less an adaptation of Bataille's first novel, The Story of the Eye, than an exploration of its thematic underpinnings, the intersection of eroticism, power and baroque perversity. Go to Full Review David Sterritt Christian Science Monitor 09/23/2004
1/4
Bataille was a serious philosopher as well as a sensation-seeking writer, but you'd never guess his provocative ideas from this updated version. Go to Full Review Kent Turner Film-Forward.com 09/22/2004
1/5
Apocalyptic porn. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Andrew Repasky McElhinney

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Kevin Mitchell Martin

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Meliss Elizabeth Forgione

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Querelle Haynes

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Sean Timothy Sexton

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Andrew Repasky McElhinney