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Originally Posted by Daemonia I don't get the accusations of misogyny though. Sure, it shows the work and actions of a misogynist, but is the film itself misogynistic? To be truly misogynistic its aim would be to make the viewer a misogynist, to make them hate women. The fact that it doesn't means it's not misogynstic. I mean, did you identify with the duck-voiced killer? Did you find him a laudable character whom you wished to emulate? Of course not, it shows the killer as a lunatic who talks in a funny voice. No-one's going to identify with that. At least...I'd hope not... |
Right...from the offset. I like this film (although I think that the 'razor blade' scene is very extreme)
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Originally Posted by Daemonia but is the film itself misogynistic? |
...of course not. The film itself is nothing more than a piece of celluloid...
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Originally Posted by Daemonia To be truly misogynistic its aim would be to make the viewer a misogynist, to make them hate women. |
Surely, the film exists to make a viewer (almost certainly male) watch a person/killer/psychopath terrorising/torturing/killing a female
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Originally Posted by Daemonia I mean, did you identify with the duck-voiced killer? Did you find him a laudable character whom you wished to emulate? |
But have you ever split up with a partner/lover, and thought to yourself 'I want to kill her/him? I would suggest that to some level you HAVE
Please, do not get me wrong. I love the films of Fulci (and things like 'I Spit on your Grave', Last House', 'Straw Dogs etc), but I think that asking of this film is misigynist is not right
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Originally Posted by Daemonia it shows the killer as a lunatic |
Please show me a killer who is NOT a lunatic!
NOTE - I WROTE MORE, BUT THE COMPUTER IS PLAYING UP, SO A LOT WAS LOST IN A CRASH, & i CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT I WROTE
I'M SURE IT WAS IMPORTANT THO!