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Monday, October 1, 2007
Is Atlanta ready for an NC-17 Ang Lee movie?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
With a title like “Lust, Caution,” should we be surprised that Ang Lee’s new movie contains multiple sex scenes so graphic that the film has been rated NC-17 (no children under 17 admitted)?
“Lust,” which opens Oct. 12 in metro Atlanta, is about young Chinese students joining the resistance during the Japanese occupation of China and one young woman in particular whose role is to become the mistress of a vile political figure.
She does. And we see it all. The passion. The sexual positions. The lust.
The intrigue is centered on the psychological effects of intense physicality.
The shocking part may not so much be the sex scenes but that Ang Lee is the man behind the camera. This is material he’s not explored before. Not even with “Brokeback Mountain.”
Not too long ago, the late Stanley Kubrick attempted to explore sex in “Eyes Wide Shut.” He also avoided an NC-17 rating by placing black bars across naked performers during graphic sex scenes. I’d say it wasn’t such a bright move.
There are no black bars in “Lust, Caution.” But enough visual detail to keep eyes wide open.
Are you planning on seeing “Lust, Caution”? Are movies too explicit?
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