Mutzenbacher

2022

1h 40m

Documentary

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With an ad in a newspaper, Ruth Beckermann announces a casting call for a film based on a well-known pornographic text. The film, MUTZENBACHER, sees a hundred men confronted with excerpts from the novel, "Josefine Mutzenbacher or The Story of a Viennese Whore", in an age when sex is more ubiquitous than ever, and yet at same time is met with a highly charged moral environment.

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Beckermann could have been a little more transparent with us about her working practices, but her anatomy of male fantasy is candid and apt.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 25, 2023

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Charles Bramesco

Little White Lies

In reciting Salter’s bluest prose under the discomfiting gaze of the camera, the participants experience every feeling on the spectrum, united only in the strength of their reactions.

Oct 5, 2022

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Wendy Ide

Screen International

Unpeels ever deeper and often darker male sexual secrets and admissions like a Russian doll.

Feb 22, 2022

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Damon Wise

Deadline Hollywood Daily

Beckermann’s steel-willed commitment to staying out of the way is commendable, but it does leave rather a lot to the viewer. Nevertheless, it’s a noble effort to confront a thorny subject.

Sep 16, 2023

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Lawrence Garcia

In Review Online

Beckermann’s conception is certainly pedagogical and didactic, but hers is a pedagogy and didacticism geared toward excavating the gap between the film’s subjects and the original text

Oct 6, 2022

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Alex Heeney

Seventh Row

There is something worthwhile about seeing men openly discussing a taboo subject because of how it inevitably brings out fervent (and problematic) views that they wouldnt normally feel comfortable sharing.

Apr 30, 2022

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Synopsis

With an ad in a newspaper, Ruth Beckermann announces a casting call for a film based on a well-known pornographic text. The film, MUTZENBACHER, sees a hundred men confronted with excerpts from the novel, "Josefine Mutzenbacher or The Story of a Viennese Whore", in an age when sex is more ubiquitous than ever, and yet at same time is met with a highly charged moral environment.

Director: Ruth Beckermann
Producer: Ruth Beckermann
Screenwriter: Ruth Beckermann, Claus Philipp
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: German
Runtime: 1h 40m