Whoa!! I was really not expecting this movie to be as thought provoking and interesting as it was. Shohei Imamura deserves some sort of prize for directing this masterfully distasteful and yet wholesome movie. If you were looking for this movie to have actual porn in it; So Sorry. Try a different blog. But if you were looking for a true surrealist understanding of the breakdown of family structure, the Pornographers is your ticket to ride. From a cinaphile standpoint this movie was extremely cool. It lingered in long shots. It made sure there were obstructions to virtually all the true "action", and every shot was jilted and ever so slightly off center. Couple all this with a strange plot involving unrequited relationships and voila a distasteful, unsettling, and only slightly above average classic is born.
Ratings:
You want to see actual porn: Skip it
Gangsters: See it
Family Values Traditionalists: Skip it
Surrealists: ?????SEE??????Y
Amateur film makers: See it
On a scale of flowers to nuts, I give The Pornographers 2.7 out of 5 stars.
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