Comments for agit8.org http://www.agit8.org Write(opinion); Wed, 01 Jun 2005 07:51:16 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on What is shocking? by jackson http://www.agit8.org/2005/05/25/what-is-shocking/comment-page-1/#comment-5 jackson Wed, 01 Jun 2005 07:51:16 +0000 http://www.agit8.org/?p=40#comment-5 To irq506: I am wondering what you meant by a "base level existence"? Could you explain what this is? Thanks, Js. To irq506: I am wondering what you meant by a “base level existence”? Could you explain what this is? Thanks, Js.

]]> Comment on What is shocking? by imageman http://www.agit8.org/2005/05/25/what-is-shocking/comment-page-1/#comment-4 imageman Wed, 01 Jun 2005 06:47:09 +0000 http://www.agit8.org/?p=40#comment-4 I guess there is always someone who will appreciate something on screen, whether it be sex or violence or something else entirely. However, this point is kind of moot in this case, because it really does not explain the changes in trends in cinema. There are many ways a sex scene can be done, but why the move toward something like in <i>Baise Moi</i> or <i>Romance</i> by these directors? I guess that is really my question. In this case it is irrelevant whether people really appreciate it or not. In the case of movies like <i>9 Songs</i>, if one were to take away the (explicit) sex scenes from it, then we will be left with a movie that is not as "interesting". I imagine it would be similar to taking the sex scenes out of <i>Deep Throat</i>, or would it? I guess there is always someone who will appreciate something on screen, whether it be sex or violence or something else entirely. However, this point is kind of moot in this case, because it really does not explain the changes in trends in cinema.

There are many ways a sex scene can be done, but why the move toward something like in Baise Moi or Romance by these directors? I guess that is really my question. In this case it is irrelevant whether people really appreciate it or not.

In the case of movies like 9 Songs, if one were to take away the (explicit) sex scenes from it, then we will be left with a movie that is not as “interesting”. I imagine it would be similar to taking the sex scenes out of Deep Throat, or would it?

]]> Comment on What is shocking? by irq506 http://www.agit8.org/2005/05/25/what-is-shocking/comment-page-1/#comment-3 irq506 Tue, 31 May 2005 06:33:38 +0000 http://www.agit8.org/?p=40#comment-3 I think sex scenes in films are fantastic. The more real the better. It is afterall a base level existence. Acting for actors on a screen is what they have to do to portray a story, lets have them simulate speech and motion, lets have them simulate eating and interaction. Lets have them simulate sexual interaction. I think in a world where almost everything has been exposed to an inverted degree, where the sensations and pleasure of having a part of your body stimulated over and over again until there is no feeling at all (lets take the brain for instance), having real sex on a cinema screen is refreshingly accessable, understandable and ultimately the viewer can involve themselves as much or as little with this now like never before. I dont think sex is ever gratuitous in any shape or form especially on a cinema screen -there is always someone in that cinema who appreciates it more then you do, and for that reason it can never be gratuitous. I think sex scenes in films are fantastic. The more real the better. It is afterall a base level existence. Acting for actors on a screen is what they have to do to portray a story, lets have them simulate speech and motion, lets have them simulate eating and interaction. Lets have them simulate sexual interaction.
I think in a world where almost everything has been exposed to an inverted degree, where the sensations and pleasure of having a part of your body stimulated over and over again until there is no feeling at all (lets take the brain for instance), having real sex on a cinema screen is refreshingly accessable, understandable and ultimately the viewer can involve themselves as much or as little with this now like never before.
I dont think sex is ever gratuitous in any shape or form especially on a cinema screen -there is always someone in that cinema who appreciates it more then you do, and for that reason it can never be gratuitous.

]]> Comment on Agit8.org New Site by Js http://www.agit8.org/2004/10/28/agit8org-new-site/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Js Sat, 06 Nov 2004 01:53:27 +0000 http://www.agit8.org/?p=13#comment-2 Hey Johannes, Good work man! Hey Johannes,
Good work man!

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