Rather, I feel he aims to bring us into the life and psyche of Joe, illustrate the desperation, compulsivity and dispassionate nature that began dominating Joe's life from a very early age.
NextOne guy shows up at her door, holding a couple of suits in dry-cleaning bags, announcing he has finally left his wife and is moving in.
I didn't finish the movie because it went way over the top with this fishing references and the rape scene. Emotionally violent, the film raises constant moral and ethical issues regarding religion, psychology, relationships, etc. You look at some of it and think, "What on earth is the point? I suppose the best analogy I have for those who just can't see past the graphic sex would be to compare Joe's sexual compulsions with the compulsions of a drug addict, one difference being that drug addiction is a widely seen, accepted, understood, discussed and examined issue.
NextAs you might have guessed, I loathed every single frame of this incredibly boring piece of pretentious X-rated garbage, and all those that made it possible.
Von Trier explores many of the destructive aspects of being a sex addict, destroying friendships, being unable to form any relationships with partners and family, struggle to have emotional attachments and the impact that Joe's actions has on others. And he envies them and hates them for it.
NextThe first is her time with Seligman, a one-night stand for Joe in which, for a change, sex is a topic of conversation rather than an act.
Seligman in turn tells her about things in his own life, like fly fishing, Fibonacci numbers or organ music. Sufferers are often apathetic, their behaviors reckless and impetuous with little regard for consequences.
She warns him up front that it will not be a nice story, that she is a bad person.
I've never watched anything watchable that he made. It features of a lot of what looks like actual sex although we are told in the end credits that the penetrative sex depicted was done by body doubles , and while it is obviously interested in sex, it is more interested in how we talk about sex, how we incorporate it into our identity or don't. Joe is still lying in bed, telling her life story to Seligman who has taken her in after finding her beaten in an alley.
NextYes, as stated this thing runs five and a half hours, quite a bit longer than the previously released theatrical versions.
It's like a porno pick 'n' mix! He should be locked up in jail instead of celebrated- disgusting how people actually liked this... Some scenes are extremely graphic and shocking in its content and intent but the way in which it's handled contains a certain level of sensitivity.
NextThe music of J.