17.10.2005 21:19
Kas, John "Raaka keikka" Irvin on sutaissut elokuvan kirjasta, johon myös Innocence perustuu.
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Variety:
Missed opportunities are practically all that remain in helmer John Irvin's bland reduction of a 19th century novella steeped in psycho-sexual undercurrents, "The Fine Art of Love -- Mine Ha-Ha." Rather than honing in on decadent elements informed by Sade and Freud, Irvin neuters the metaphors as well as the guilty attraction of titillation, leaving an unexciting Gothic-inflected tale of trapped girls on the brink of womanhood in a harsh boarding school. Even the bad dubbing could be forgiven if Irvin understood his material. --- Subtlety is not Irvin's strong suit, but neither is an understanding of how to use the text's rich symbolism to further a commentary on sexual desire and suppressed freedom. In a scene that could have been reminiscent of "Salo," an elderly female aristocrat touches two of the undressed girls, but the montage fails to make any extra-textual comment. Add to that such Gothic elements as a couple of lascivious lesbian servants, and the poignancy of "Maedchen in Uniform" appears increasingly affecting.