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Destricted (2006)

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Reviews Counted:8

Fresh:2

Rotten:6

Average Rating:4.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: The ubiquity of porn, so accessible on DVD and websites, has had the curious effect of making its conventions all too familiar. Liberating screen sex from aesthetic and narrative tropes–not to... The ubiquity of porn, so accessible on DVD and websites, has had the curious effect of making its conventions all too familiar. Liberating screen sex from aesthetic and narrative tropes–not to mention taboo restrictions–Destricted is a spicy compilation of shorts by celebrated visual artists who are reinvigorating erotic film. In Matthew Barney's audacious Hoist, a man is suspended precariously under a 50-ton truck. As he makes athletic love with the greased-up, rotating driveshaft, human and machine become one system. In his signature sytle, Richard Prince excavates a gold-standard '70s porn flick, complete with big tits, big cock, and cumshot, disintegrating the video to unleash alternative sensual and sexual narratives in House Call. In Balkan Erotic Epic, Marina Abramovic captures sumptuous scenes from Balkan folklore, where the power of phalluses, breasts, and vaginas is enlisted to manipulate the forces of nature. Gaspar Noé pushes boundaries of eroticism in his unabashedly sexual cinematic journey, We Fuck Alone. In Onan: Death Valley, a man masturbates against a vast desert landscape until the ebb and flow of self-pleasuring seem as inevitable as the blowing wind. Sync conceives the ultimate "quickie" by condensing hot moments from scores of porn movies into one pounding, kaleidoscopic sex act. Bad-boy Larry Clark plays sexual matchmaker in Impaled, when he auditions young men, then allows his chosen buck to select his own porn-star mate for the explicit shoot. The interview sessions, where the camera scrutinizes naked nubile hopefuls, speak volumes about how porn has shaped a generation's attitudes about sex and the body. Like the rest of Destricted, Impaled will not only expand your mind; it may get you all hot and bothered, too. --© Sundance Film Festival [More]

Director: Matthew Barney, Marco Brambilla, Larry Clark, Gaspar Noe, Sam Taylor Wood, Marina Abramovic, Richard Prince

Director: Matthew Barney, Marco Brambilla, Larry Clark, Gaspar Noe, Sam Taylor Wood, Marina Abramovic, Richard Prince

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Like real sex, this collection ranges from exhilarating to frustrating, from kinky to dull - and like real porn, it will have the viewer wishing at times for a fast-forward button.

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06/15/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film
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09/23/06
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09/23/06
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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The graphic content guarantees that this will attract sensationalist attention. But, beneath the provocation and pretention, there are some interesting ideas here -- even though they're not always subtly expressed.

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09/23/06
Patrick Peters
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Empire Magazine
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09/23/06
Robert Hanks
Robert Hanks
Independent

Full of hardcore, show-all scenes of couples getting it on, it's supposed to provoke debate about sex and art. In reality, porn has rarely triggered so many yawns.

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09/05/06
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC

These shorts are essentially obscene. But they're also artful and intriguing.

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08/31/06
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Wearing its presumed scandal value like a merit badge, porn omnibus Destricted loses almost all its salacious appeal as soon as it hits the screen.

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05/10/06
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
Variety
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It's a very up-and-down affair that alternately has us reaching for a smoke and wishing it was enough already so we can just get some sleep.

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03/27/06
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

Destricted is good for a few inadvertent laughs, but as a sociological statement on human sexuality, it’s practically worthless.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
02/04/06
Pete Vonder Haar
Pete Vonder Haar
Film Threat
 
 
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