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In this collection of three stories, an emotionally abused
wife finds comfort in the arms of her brother-in-law, a young
dancer undertakes an erotic and redemptive pilgrimage to Rome
involving live sex shows and nude photography, and a femme
fatale looks into a mirror as she recalls a sadomasochistic
love affair...
Try
imagining an erotic version of Alfred Hitchcock Presents,
and you'll have some idea of what this DVD series is like.
Only less well made. Producer Tinto Brass has little direct
involvement with these short films, apart from introducing
each one while puffing away characteristically on a cigar,
and making the occasional cameo appearance.
Though
the productions claim to have been directed in the "Tinto
Brass style", there is scant evidence of it here. Only in
A Magic Mirror is there any hint of Brass's eccentricity,
in the grotesque character of a brusque layabout husband (Ronaldo
Ravello), who spends much of his screen time lounging around
in a bath, like the captain of the B-Ark in The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy. But, although this tale displays
the most humour in the entire collection, it also shows off
the least amount of bare flesh, which is surely another important
ingredient that the audience will be expecting.
Things
get sexier in Julia, the story from which this collection
takes its name, which includes some particularly explicit
and highly charged sex scenes. Unfortunately, the plot is
almost totally incomprehensible - something to do with a dancer
(Anna Biella) going to Rome, but wildly at odds with the description
on the back of the sleeve, which mentions a photographer's
three beautiful models. I counted two of them at the most.
This production is also blighted by amateurish editing, which
leaves several gaping holes in the soundtrack. Oh well, at
least this DVD is subtitled, which spares us from woeful English
dubbing of the type recently heard on Brass's Private.
The
final tale, I Am the Way You Want Me, is a very weird
and nasty little minx. In it, a naked woman (Fiorella Rubino)
sprawls around in her bathroom, mouthing various strange utterances
to camera, and doing erotic things to herself, such as shaving
with a fearsome-looking cutthroat razor (shudder). And that's
about it.
A
further disappointment is the lack of any extra features.
So, all in all, this DVD has left me feeling rather brassed
off!
Chris
Clarkson
Beauty Vol. 6 -andrej Lupin- Sexart- | Natural
For Lupin, nature is the ultimate relationship counselor. It strips away artifice. In his breakout film The Clearing , a couple on the verge of divorce gets lost on a hiking trail. Without cell service or the distraction of city life, their petty grievances dissolve into the enormity of the surrounding redwoods. Natural beauty humbles them, forcing a raw, vulnerable honesty. The romance is not in grand gestures but in the simple act of one partner building a shelter from branches while the other gathers dry leaves for warmth.
What makes Lupin’s romantic storylines unforgettable is his refusal to "pretty" nature. His camera lingers on the rotting log, the spiderweb, the overcast sky threatening snow. Beauty, for him, includes decay. And thus, his relationships include the arguments, the silences, the bed-head mornings, and the tear-stained faces. Natural Beauty Vol. 6 -Andrej Lupin- SexArt-
The Unfiltered Frame: Natural Beauty and the Romantic Ethos of Andrej Lupin For Lupin, nature is the ultimate relationship counselor
Lupin’s protagonists never meet in sterile coffee shops or glittering penthouses. Instead, they find each other in the in-between spaces: a dew-soaked meadow at dawn, the rocky shore of a wind-battered lake, or a forest floor carpeted with moss and fallen leaves. The beauty here is un-scripted. A sudden rain shower isn't a logistical problem to be solved with an umbrella; it’s a plot device. The chill on bare skin, the way wet hair clings to a cheek, the involuntary shiver that pulls two people closer—these are the "dialogue" Lupin trusts most. Without cell service or the distraction of city
In the curated, high-gloss world of modern romantic cinema, director Andrej Lupin stands apart as a purist. His signature isn't a lens filter or a lighting rig—it's patience. For Lupin, "Natural Beauty" is not merely a backdrop; it is the primary character, the silent third party in every relationship he depicts, and the moral compass of every romantic storyline he weaves. |
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