Fans of transgressive cinema, take note: today’s the day a small company in Europe is releasing a limited-run, Special Edition 2-disk set of Vase des Noces — better-known by its alternate English title, which is definitely Not Safe for Work (the English title illustrated here, “One Man and his Pig”, is a compromise, apparently on a reversible sleeve… though why any store that would put this movie on its shelves would feel squeamish about a naughty word in the title, I have no idea).
In addition to the feature film, the set contains interviews with the director and star, a making-of documentary, and a booklet with essays by three different critics. The mind boggles.
OK; kudos to Camera Obscura for what is clearly a labor of love; and maybe this is hypocritical for a guy who eats bacon with every meal; but I can’t really endorse a movie that kills pigs for Art.
Hat-tip to Blake Lewis for this information.
#1 by lyzard on April 29, 2009 - 3:41 pm
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I assume that this, too, counts as “Covering all our demographics”?
#2 by Braineater on April 29, 2009 - 5:52 pm
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Oh, hell no. I’ve been taken to task repeatedly for badmouthing this (cough) neglected artistic masterpiece, so as far as I’m concerned, my demographic can go stick its head in a pig.
Just file this under “Share and Enjoy”.
#3 by Baron Scarpia on April 30, 2009 - 12:49 am
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Will –
I’m vegetarian. I can do badmouthing by proxy, if you’d like, with over 50% less hypocrisy!
But not if it means I have to watch the film.