The Loss of Sexual Innocence

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Audience Member It's an erotic movie. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member this is a classic movie for me now. I got interested in mike figgis after leaving las vegas. I think this is a tragically underrated gem. very arthouse so maybe that why the negative reviews... people will call it pretentious. but they're the ones being pretentious. this isn't a perfect movie but its stunningly beautifuly shot. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Probably the best way to sum up my feelings about this film - if you have to go online to find out what the film was about, it's not very good. It chronicles the life of the director Mike Figgis as he grows up and loses his innocence in the form of sexual encounters and anecdotes. It's not told in chronological order - the film jumps around with little to no warning and you find yourself wondering who this new character is or if it's the same person that was on screen a second ago. There's nothing wrong with a non-linear story line, but this is just too jumpy. And each shot goes on forever. Faces are on screen staring at something for 15 seconds before moving on. One thing I did like was Figgis' comparison between his own loss of innocence and that of Adam and Eve. It makes the film relatable and reminds us that we all have that same loss at some point in our lives. But other than that I just couldn't stomach this film. Give this one a miss. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie deserves better attention. Good job, in fact very very good. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member The material is... indulgent. The film is ambitious, but somehow incomplete. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member This plot-free film plays like a stream of dreams. The downside is that it also feels like a film-school experiment driven by Calvin Klein ad aesthetics. The core story is about a filmmaker who has lost much more than the film's provocative title suggests. Scenes in which a curious child evolves to a jaded adult are also intercut with a modern version of Adam and Eve in which a black man and white woman emerge from a small lake. There's enough philosophical and cinematic doodling here for several films. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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