When I saw this film at a private screening in Chicago earlier this year I got really upset about the ending. I felt like I'd been beaten up and left for dead! But if the goal was to show us the reality of what it would be like to live this lifestyle, mission accomplished and then some.
This movie is really long (over 2 1/2 hours), but I really got involved with these characters, and what they have to go through during the course of the story broke my heart. I never understood the mindset of someone who would rather pay for sex than be loved by someone. This is the first time I've seen it presented as a lonely person buying the illusion of intimacy, which is sad for them, and confusing for the person who has to provide it.
I would have a hard time recommending this movie to most of my friends because of the intensity and the explicit sex scenes. My ex-boyfriend goes to Columbia College, and explained this whole "Dogma" thing to me. I think the actors in those scenes were actually having sex with each other, which is really weird. I'm not into pornography, and I still don't know how I feel about that line being crossed.
But if you like independent films that are gritty. intense, well written and uncompromising, this is a must see.
This movie is really long (over 2 1/2 hours), but I really got involved with these characters, and what they have to go through during the course of the story broke my heart. I never understood the mindset of someone who would rather pay for sex than be loved by someone. This is the first time I've seen it presented as a lonely person buying the illusion of intimacy, which is sad for them, and confusing for the person who has to provide it.
I would have a hard time recommending this movie to most of my friends because of the intensity and the explicit sex scenes. My ex-boyfriend goes to Columbia College, and explained this whole "Dogma" thing to me. I think the actors in those scenes were actually having sex with each other, which is really weird. I'm not into pornography, and I still don't know how I feel about that line being crossed.
But if you like independent films that are gritty. intense, well written and uncompromising, this is a must see.