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ESSENCE D'ABSINTHE
ESSENCE OF ABSINTHE

Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi

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1981

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Italy

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15

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How worm is this French, Pathé Nathan, pornographic film from the end of the 1910s! Scratched and spoiled, partly blurred and badly contrasted, copied and recopied from 35 mm to 16 mm in the 1930s, it is blemished by the stares of countless spectators. From lesbians kisses to cunnilingus and fellatio, the film combines in different tones the poses that belong to the genre. But the incredible part of Essence d' Absinthe is the fugitive moment in which this woman on her knees, whose body is shaken by the thrusts of the man penetrating her, pulls her stocking down over her naked thigh. She is trying to cover her bare leg , to hide it from the camera's view. This show of modesty undermines the pornographic act. No doubt it may appear laughable in the face of the repeated close-ups which reveal all and which Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi's slow-motion shots render even more moumful.

 

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Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi

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