Beyond the baseline sacred/profane duality, we see domination/submission tenderness/cruelty beauty/grotesqueries pleasure/pain connection/alienation: opportunism/exploitation innocence/decadence, and on and on. As the film progresses, we are inundated with the juxtaposition of opposing themes. When punters appear thin on the ground, her next stop is into a church, introducing the sacred/profane dichotomy that permeates the project in both conception and execution. Our first glimpse of the mother is of a dejected, overweight frump, who quickly transforms into a lacquered and painted lady of the night (or of a rainy afternoon, in this case). Part One is titled Conception and we begin with a journey through tunnels, mirroring the emergence of the newborn through the birth canal. Ecstacy and orgasm intermingle in this trinity (pun intended) of short films from auteur Antony Hickling. Christian mystics often achieved a spiritual ecstacy that mirrored sexual orgasm.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |