Michael F

i’m obsessed with the idea of public transportation hubs as a catalyst for sex (mazelike, filled with people and then no one, fundamentally nonstatic), although this movie is 5% sex and 95% violence, aka supremely effective eroticism. this hole was made for me! five stars, no notes.

this was the peak of woke hollywood in the 80s.

unexpectedly gentle to its heroines despite what they are put through. maybe it makes me a bad person or a hypocrite for loving the camerawork. i swear its not just because it’s anno…

was so excited to watch this but was sorely disappointed. at most it pokes around at the idea of soviet militant aesthetics, i.e. a lieutenant seduces his comrade under a portrait of lenin. there two somewhat compelling pre-shoot audition tapes which lend some unexpected personalization but but besides that it’s a 19 minute edit compilation of a series of performers with making faces of “that sadness only seen in eastern european gay porn” instead of trying to answer why. watch grodecki’s “europe in transition” series for something more substantial but very heavy.