Singapore Sling

a beautifully shot rich black and white film full of the most depraved and shamelessly indulgent things you could think of. it’s nauseating to watch but stunning to look at. i don’t think there is anything in the world quite like this. and the erotic sexual torture of a man is something we don’t see very often if not at all, which i found myself ecstatic to see here. the eroticism is laced with all the disturbing and all the beauty we see, and part of what makes it so uncomfortable is how well it reads. i found myself transfixed in the way strange dreams stick with you. 

they dress in layered ruffles and lace, wear large jewelry, and eat large meals until they gorge themselves and they vomit it all up. a mother and daughter use each other for sexual pleasure in a cycle of abuse that implodes from the inside. they commit murder and betrayal and in the end nobody wins.

the theatrical way they address the audience and take turns narrating so it all comes full circle just adds to the gothic surrealism of this noir parody. it actually makes it incredibly perfect. this definitely isn’t for everyone but i wish i could recommend it freely. it’s gorgeous and tragic and disgusting and ridiculous. the directors intentions not being to disgust you fascinate me. this being made with the sincerity of the tragedy it is makes it so much more entrancing i think. in a really fucked up way.

a beautifully shot rich black and white film full of the most depraved and shamelessly indulgent things you could think of. it’s nauseating to watch but stunning to look at. i don’t think there is anything in the world quite like this. and the erotic sexual torture of a man is something we don’t see very often if not at all, which i found myself ecstatic to see here. the eroticism is laced with all the disturbing and all the beauty we see, and part of what makes it so uncomfortable is how well it reads. i found myself transfixed in the way strange dreams stick with you. 

they dress in layered ruffles and lace, wear large jewelry, and eat large meals until they gorge themselves and they vomit it all up. a mother and daughter use each other for sexual pleasure in a cycle of abuse that implodes from the inside. they commit murder and betrayal and in the end nobody wins.

the theatrical way they address the audience and take turns narrating so it all comes full circle just adds to the gothic surrealism of this noir parody. it actually makes it incredibly perfect. this definitely isn’t for everyone but i wish i could recommend it freely. it’s gorgeous and tragic and disgusting and ridiculous. the directors intentions not being to disgust you fascinate me. this being made with the sincerity of the tragedy it is makes it so much more entrancing i think. in a really fucked up way.

A twisted tale of pervision; film noir on salvia. This film through me through a loop to say the least. In the beginning, I was hesitant to enjoy this, it felt pretensious and slow… but I ended up thouroughly enojyig this movie. This film was so enticing aesthetically. The victorian lace-esque meets latex fetish style in their wardrobes caught my eye the entire film. Along with the fashion in the movie, the sound design and music was impeccable as well. The haunting synth behind the scenes narrate what the entire scene would look like. I did really love how the movie made even the simplist of scenes so beautiful- like the scenes of Singapore Sling tying his shoes, or the use of mirrors. Although the film was very beautiful, it was also very grotesque at times. A scene that was especially hard for me to stomach was the second dinner scene, when we see the Daughter feeding Singapore Sling. The entire film is obviously a peice of fetish art but that was a little to much for me personally, but that may just be prefrence! This film was a beautiful watch, and a very interesting one to digest. The plotlines of incest are very heavy in this film, including scenes of Daughter engaging with her Father and Mother, so that was defiently a heavy topic, and makes this film a little more perverse than just "fetish art". I really loved how it all came together, when she has Singapore Sling playing her and her (now murdered) Mother's game of Laura The Secretary. I wil say I was thouroughly disgusted at the knife scene, like really bad. Altogether, I enjoyed this fillm much more than I expected to. Director is either pretensious or takes too many psycadelics.

PS: If you are going to watch this, READ THE PLOT! I was stupid and went in completley blind because I liked the poster… oops.

A twisted tale of pervision; film noir on salvia. This film through me through a loop to say the least. In the beginning, I was hesitant to enjoy this, it felt pretensious and slow… but I ended up thouroughly enojyig this movie. This film was so enticing aesthetically. The victorian lace-esque meets latex fetish style in their wardrobes caught my eye the entire film. Along with the fashion in the movie, the sound design and music was impeccable as well. The haunting synth behind the scenes narrate what the entire scene would look like. I did really love how the movie made even the simplist of scenes so beautiful- like the scenes of Singapore Sling tying his shoes, or the use of mirrors. Although the film was very beautiful, it was also very grotesque at times. A scene that was especially hard for me to stomach was the second dinner scene, when we see the Daughter feeding Singapore Sling. The entire film is obviously a peice of fetish art but that was a little to much for me personally, but that may just be prefrence! This film was a beautiful watch, and a very interesting one to digest. The plotlines of incest are very heavy in this film, including scenes of Daughter engaging with her Father and Mother, so that was defiently a heavy topic, and makes this film a little more perverse than just "fetish art". I really loved how it all came together, when she has Singapore Sling playing her and her (now murdered) Mother's game of Laura The Secretary. I wil say I was thouroughly disgusted at the knife scene, like really bad. Altogether, I enjoyed this fillm much more than I expected to. Director is either pretensious or takes too many psycadelics.

PS: If you are going to watch this, READ THE PLOT! I was stupid and went in completley blind because I liked the poster… oops.

Many reviews suggest there's nothing like this. It is unique, but I'd say far from wholly disconnected from the rest of film canon. I personally thought of Nekromantik, Spider Baby, and Salo as predecessors.

This is another film I was exposed to in high school, but never actually watched all the way through. I'm not positive, but I think I appreciate this more now than I would have back then, simply because it is "artistic." Less austere than, say, Begotten but more intentional with formal manipulation and technique. The layered, fourth-wall-breaking, oscillating narration splices the narrative threads in a disjointed but poetically unifying way.

Contrasted with the aforementioned Salo, this, however, doesn't exclusively reside on the side of revulsion. It elevates/devolves itself into a cacophony of perversions which are not exclusively "evil." That's the other obvious thing for any viewer, to some degree; you're better for, at least, tolerating the obscenities. The film crosses into sexual transgression but through an obfuscated prism of amorality.

By its end, I don't think this reaches any realm of "transcendence." It's a fun movie for freaks. It's me; I'm a freak.

Many reviews suggest there's nothing like this. It is unique, but I'd say far from wholly disconnected from the rest of film canon. I personally thought of Nekromantik, Spider Baby, and Salo as predecessors.

This is another film I was exposed to in high school, but never actually watched all the way through. I'm not positive, but I think I appreciate this more now than I would have back then, simply because it is "artistic." Less austere than, say, Begotten but more intentional with formal manipulation and technique. The layered, fourth-wall-breaking, oscillating narration splices the narrative threads in a disjointed but poetically unifying way.

Contrasted with the aforementioned Salo, this, however, doesn't exclusively reside on the side of revulsion. It elevates/devolves itself into a cacophony of perversions which are not exclusively "evil." That's the other obvious thing for any viewer, to some degree; you're better for, at least, tolerating the obscenities. The film crosses into sexual transgression but through an obfuscated prism of amorality.

By its end, I don't think this reaches any realm of "transcendence." It's a fun movie for freaks. It's me; I'm a freak.

need to know where everyone got their cunty ass clothes from

need to know where everyone got their cunty ass clothes from

this was an absolute pleasure to watch omw, it’s so mesmerising, the cinematography is beautiful,
 the fabric and drapery in the room with their beautiful provocative fashion is everything to me, it’s so whimsical, so romantic and yet so sick and disgusting, im inlove 
the simplicity of the black and white is so effective, it makes everything better and don’t get me started on the dialogue 
i honestly cannot praise this enough, the knife fucking scene was the cherry on top 🔪⛈️

this was an absolute pleasure to watch omw, it’s so mesmerising, the cinematography is beautiful,
 the fabric and drapery in the room with their beautiful provocative fashion is everything to me, it’s so whimsical, so romantic and yet so sick and disgusting, im inlove 
the simplicity of the black and white is so effective, it makes everything better and don’t get me started on the dialogue 
i honestly cannot praise this enough, the knife fucking scene was the cherry on top 🔪⛈️