Tokyo Decadence

[The Gline / Serdar Yegulalp]

> I thought the idea was to make the sex scenes as bleak and unerotic as
> possible to show the central characters increasing marginalisation from
> society, portending her complete breakdown at the end. A powerful film, I
> think, but not one you'd want to watch again and again.

If anything, I was reminded of another film that was about dehumanized sex:
Pasolini's SALO. It was unquestionably a well-made film and one of
"quality", but it was horrific and depressing.  Precisely the idea, of
course.  And not something I ever saw myself wanting to see again.

I respect the idea behind such things without wanting to put myself in their
line of fire.  And once again, I think that was sort of the idea.  If
someone got turned on by what was going on, then the point of the film was
lost on them.

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