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- From: karttu@mits.mdata.fi (Antti Karttunen)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
- Subject: Re: The Cook...Lover/women's response
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.140609.24261@prime.mdata.fi>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 14:06:09 GMT
- References: <1992Dec27.060611.25351@netcom.com>
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- In article <1992Dec27.060611.25351@netcom.com> estrayer@netcom.com (Eric Strayer) writes:
- >
- >9:19PM 12/26/92
- >
- >Regarding the movie The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover,
- >I have some comments, but more importantly, some questions.
- >
- >First, I was introduced to it by my twenty-four-year-old son.
- >He was quite keen on it. I, being not quite twice his age,
- >found it interesting cinematically, but dull in language,
- >limited in scope, short on anything approaching a philosophical
- >message or social comment (at least with any consistency) and,
- >in short, childish catharsism. I didn't like it, but I certainly
- >wouldn't condemn it.
- >
- >Now the important stuff. My wife did! Condemn it that is.
- >She took such offense that by the point of the sadistic
- >torturing of the singing youth, she left the room (I saw it on video).
-
- Now, this is a typical reaction with Peter Greenaway's movies
- (see 'Zoo' for example). Some people just haven't got a stomach to face
- the darker sides of this life.
-
- Well, I'm also twenty four year old male, and when I saw the movie about
- a year or two ago, I liked it, but thinking about it now, I don't view
- it as very important movie, but more like a good entertainment with
- bright colours, beatiful singing and elegant dishes.
-
- >Later she told me that she was deeply offended. This reached
- >the point emotionally that I was targeted for a spell and
- >then all men became the target, and finally she settled
- >down and claimed that only insensitive (or very young
- >and stupid) men would like anything in that movie.
-
- Why? After all, it was men who were humiliated in the movie,
- not women.
-
- <Rest of Eric's article deleted.>
-
- >Bon Apetite!
-
- This movie certainly makes it grow!
-
- >
- >Eric
- >
- >==================================
- >Eric Strayer estrayer@netcom.COM
- >AKA Running Wolf, tail in teeth, howellll
- >no job, no manager, no prospects, no worries.............
- >===========================================================
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