Genre: Film
Grade: B to A minus- depending on your mood
Notable People: Directed by Lars von Trier, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard, Willem Defoe, Shia Labeouf
Title: Nymphomaniac- Volume TWO!!!!-film
Review –well, I’m sure the title has gotten your attention and made you have a number of questions about this one- all of which probably have merit. So last Friday Jenn was out for the night and I was thinking about heading out to see a movie- but the theaters were filed with a bunch of teen crap. Then I checked the alt theater at OSU and they had this film. The reviews were pretty good (not as good as volume one- but who knew where one could see that) and the director rather distinguished- with a notable supporting cast. I thought I’d go- but it was an late afternoon show and I could imagine the lolls single guys get in such a venue- and also maybe did not want to be joining the other single guys who might be patronizing the movie. Instead I waited for Jenn to go the next night and made it a “date movie” (interesting logic there). Well…it’s mostly a bizarre tale of alienation, sexual frustration and being a social misfit. Sort of hard to watch due to its brutal honesty, masochism, sadism and just pathetic characters- it was still quite heady; Charlotte Gainsbourg, Skarsgard is brilliant, is quite q piece of work and great small parts for Shia Labeouf and Willem Defoe. The Swedes seem to have a knack for making movies about sex neither sensuous or erotic. You have to be in a certain mood for tis one…but line an quality reviewer I am now looking for Volume One.