Guilty of Romance

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acsdoug D The film has a couple of problems. It's too long for one thing and overuses analogies to enhance the story (the poem is more annoying than insightful, you'll see what I mean). Still, it's weird and unusual in a good way, I liked it. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/09/23 Full Review Audience Member After watching this movie and reading every review about it that I can find, I'm still not sure what to make about this film. On the surface its very easy to understand: women find their power from sex... meaning they have the power to choose who they sleep with and how that event transpires. So a bored housewife descends into "hell" by choice, by cheating on her husband and eventually becoming a prostitute. This sounds pretty misogynistic, but I know full well that Sono is making the opposite point. Hence I don't know how to get from point a to point b. And every review fails to even attempt to give an understanding of what transpired. Heck, I'm still not totally sure what the murder investigation(s) had to do with the above. This is obviously begging for a repeat viewing, but I'm scared I'll be no closer to an explanation of the layered meaning of this movie. It's both frustrating and amazing. Part of the reason I struggled with the meaning was because of Megumi Kagarazaka... holy shit is she ever beautiful. She's so gorgeous that she's actually a distraction! No lie. I will watch every movie she's ever been in. I can't get enough of her. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Megumi Kagurazaka gives a great performance. Actually, all of the female leads give powerful performances. Crazy movie. Sion Sono continues to impress me as I go through the parts of his filmography I can find. I've said this before, but I really get a big Brian De Palma vibe from Sono's sexual thrillers. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Lacking a balance, the film is saturated with sex scenes and just minor gore. The acting is explosive and disturbing, sordid themes and a mistery that keeps the flow going until the very last moments of the film, although it won't leave much to think about after its end. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Relationships from a peculiarly dark perspective. Worth watch. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member perturbant....mais un excellent cinéclub.... Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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