Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Naked on the Inside
There are two versions of this documentary available - one with six subjects (the feature version), and the television version that I watched, which has five. The subjects have been carefully selected, each having a different issue with their own self-image of their body. Traditionally structured as an edited series of talking heads, we gradually build up a picture of each of Farrant’s subjects. Once a British postman, now a dancer, Dave Toole has no legs, and a nice line in self-deprecating humour. His relationship with his mother is delightfully dry and honest as the film explores his search for a girlfriend. Rick Stray, a young wife and mother from the Sunshine Coast believes her dishonesty in having an affair has led to her body’s production of cancer. We follow her no-holds-barred discussion of her cancer and the effect of its treatment on her body and image of herself. Meanwhile in Taipei, Marcus Van is a woman, “passing” as a man, teaching Sunday School. Shirley Sheffield is an American fat activist and founding member of The Padded Lilies, a synchronised swimming troupe of larger women. And model Carre Otis, discusses her own struggle with weight and the fashion industry’s sexualisation of the female body.As with all documentaries in this style, some of the subjects are far more interesting than others. It all depends on how frankly they are prepared to answer the unseen interviewer’s questions. Also central to such a documentary’s success is what we might think of as the “star” quality of the players. Do they grab our attention as they talk into the camera? Here Farrant has employed an interesting technique in what is called the “self-portraits”. Each subject is left alone in a room with the camera and invited to strip down to their bare essentials while venting their own feelings about their body. For me, the effect of this was twofold. It was at once extremely intimate, yet also strangely contrived. I wondered about the connection the director was inviting us (and the subjects) to make between literal nakedness and an emotional baring of the soul. Does it necessarily follow that just because the body is without clothes and ornamentation that some inner truth will spring forth from that body, clearly articulating an epiphany about contemporary body image. For me, this technique also raised other questions about the camera as voyeur and at what point nudity on film becomes gratuitous, rather than informing the arc of the narrative. Perhaps this viewing discomfort was the point the documentary was trying to make, but for me it didn’t really enhance the film’s effect.The problem here was perhaps also one of identification. In her choice of subjects, Farrant has tried very hard to choose unusual stories, but in some cases they are so unusual that the everyday viewer is left with no foothold with which they might enter into these stories and find a point of connection. Arguably this is the difference between a good documentary and fabulous one. At the end of nude on the Inside, I had an interesting picture of the five subjects. I was less sure I had gained any new insights about the contemporary culture of the body.
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Sienna Miller Can Really Rock a Tight Pair of Jeans
These photos here of Sienna Miller and her foxy bottom just kill it. She’s rocking a tiny pair of very tight jeans that is so sexy and displays those sweet model legs just right. She’s one of the hottest girls from Europe out there. At least what gets seen is always awesome, just check out those sexy legs she has. Her jeans grip her petite little figure so tight it’s really quite the scene. Check out more sexy celebrities and get their nude photos and sex tapes inside of the dominator for Hollywood, Celeb Heat.
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Audrina Partridge Wearing a Dress Showing Off Her Giant Tits
Audrina Partridge is everyones favorite nobody in Tinseltown. She’s cuter and has bigger tits than Heidi Montag not to mention she doesn’t try as hard to be worthless. Maybe it’s the blond hair that makes Heidi so stupid. Audrina I see as a girl with a bit more class but I never take my eyes off of her melons. Just check out her giant bouncy tits as it almost falls out of her dress here at some sort of award gathering. Celeb Heat has all the sexiest starlet porn you want to see so come by today to check it all out.
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Shank
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Shank[3 clips]
Shank tells the story of a closeted gang member Cal (Wayne Virgo) who is deeply in love with his best friend Jonno (Tom Bott). When Cal stops a senseless beating of college student Olivier (Marc Laurent), Jonno and his girlfriend Nessa (Alice Payne) seek retribution for what they perceive as Cal’s betrayal. Their anger grows and tragic consequences ensue when they discover Cal’s secret.Shank is set in a world not usually explored in gay cinema and as a coming out story there is a lot to be admired here. Unfortunately certain aspects of this film never work and that should have been apparent to the film makers early on.Virgo and Laurent are young, attractive and naked for most of the film but have no chemistry together. At times the audience roared with laughter at Laurent’s soppy glances, terrible timing and absurd delivery. Despite what another reviewer has said, this did not “break the tension”. These moments simply drew sharp attention to the amateurish mistakes made by the director and the problems with the script.Marc Laurent’s performance as Olivier was dreadful. He might be a passable actor in his native French, but he lacked the experience and talent to give a nuanced performance in English. He simply couldn’t convey the necessary combination of vulnerability and strength that would make him desirable to Cal and the audience. I didn’t believe that the street tough would go for someone like Olivier.In contrast, the sexual tension between Cal and Jonno was electric. Tom Bott was completely believable as the sexy and dangerous Jonno. Bott’s performance was flawless, subtly portraying a range of complex conflicting emotions.Alice Payne turned in a promising performance as Nessa, and Wayne Virgo in the lead managed to hold the film together.Near the end of the film a gallery of events occur that simply didn’t seem plausible in the grander scope of the movie. We are asked to believe that a well-educated adult would act in a manner that contradicts common sense. His decisions are made doubly confusing with the final (contrived) revelation. There are no realistic consequences to the any of the character’s actions. We are also subjected to some heavy handed imagery and a few film school clichés.If you’re into queer cinema you will likely find something to enjoy in this first effort from director Simon Pearce. However, I think most audiences, gay or straight, won’t find the movie nearly as compelling as it should have been. |
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