A Kiss is Just A Kiss!

It is all too obvious to me that a couple of folks missed a few of my comments and did not realized that CruXtreme I is set in very modern times; however, frog seems to get it when he responds to Ed:

(…) It might be safe to say, that Jac is not trying for historical accuracy, because the whole thing seems to center on the “playroom” of a modern day sadist, so the tats and the piercings would be part of the whole thing.
frog

to which Ed responds

It might be, but I can’t give him that slack. If it was, five minutes of establishing context could establish that.
Ed

Ed probably means something like this, the opening of the movie, where it is clearly established that the story is set at least a couple of decades into the 21st century, where tattoos are a way of life for a looooooot of beautiful young women. Of course, people learn about it, very early, when they see the movie.

**Diceman***@Reine Margot Thanks for the update on Rucker. There’s a favouring wind for ‘female-led’ horror at the moment, so good luck to Amy.*

@Reine Margot Thanks for the update on Rucker. There’s a favouring wind for ‘female-led’ horror at the moment, so good luck to Amy.
Diceman

Thanks for the good wishes for Amy. I don’t think Rucker will fall into the normal horror category. I believe it’s bloody enough to be considered a horror film, but from what I hear in the very few exchanges I had with her and Jac about that film, it’s more a psychological thriller and pretty much somewhat removed from what Amy is known for, at least in this part of the world.

Rucker is not even like Sirwiñakuy, Amy’s directorial debut, where she magisterially portrays a romantic sadomasochistic relationship. Sirwiñakuy is not a GIMP movie at all. I’m sure Rucker is a great film, as all Amy’s films truly are, even if they are not very popular in these parts, at least not as popular as Jac’s films like Maleficarum and JUSTINE.

I don’t really mind all the comments of late here, really. Everyone has the right to their own opinion about anything and everything. Some feel strongly enough to write a thesis about CruXtreme I without having seen the film, which is fine too. And now that I’m limiting my posts to a couple of times a week, if that, and with a four picture limit, so as not to ramble on and on with 100 pictures and so on, apparently I lack enthusiasm.

I’ll let you in in a secret. We went through the same deal we have here (at the GIMP), at the Crux Foundation site. At one point, some negativity towards Camille began to creep in and grew to very nasty levels, with if not similar, at least comparable arguments as the ones spoused here, at one point a troll called Camille Mangy Feline. She got sick of the whole thing and left that forum. She just didn’t like it anymore. I took over with the sole intention of informing our fans about what’s happening and I kept that goal in mind. I don’t engage in discussions or anything at all. I just let it flow. The same thing is happening here. I’m less and less involved in fruitless arguments and discussions. My job is simply to promote the work, period.

There will always be self appointed ’critics – leaders of the pack of 5 – thought police’ whose personal affinities, likes and dislikes will be prominent in their comments, which is normal. I will not engage in endless discussions about each individual’s personal taste and strictly by their own rules fantasies, but if I feel the need to clear something up, I will.

A lot is being said about CruXtreme I and it’s medieval look. At the beginning of the film, Dani’s character goes into The Playroom, looks around, grabs one of the shackles attached to the wall and says: It looks … so medieval! And so, it does look medieval, but it is not.

frog, “…particularly since (the tattoo) is so jarring in a “Medieval” scenario…” Yah, that tattoo is jarring indeed… especially given the skull and tribal aspects of them? Maybe it’s a post-apocalyptic scenario. She’s a captured assassin, with the marks of her guild on her skin. She’s being tortured for her failed attempt in the courtyard of the warlord’s villa, before being beheaded? But finally, an artist who can do upside down hair!.
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No post-apocalyptic scenario here. It’s a simple story of a 21st century young woman with tattoos and piercings, who ventures into the world of a romantic and old fashioned sadist who has no tattoos, nor piercings… well, maybe one, in his earlobe, but who happens to have a refined taste for deliciously good and darkly aged rum, medieval shackles, variety of whips, riding crops and who has a delightfully dark and creepy Playroom where he can engage in exceedingly painful, maybe lethal and yet really hot and sexy games. All he needs is an occasional playmate and he found one!

But the idea of a post apocalyptic scenario is not bad at all. Hmmm. It would require a lot of cash to create such world, something like those Gibson road mucho macho movies in the middle of nowhere. I can picture young women with tattoos and shaved heads led, totally naked, through the hot desert to their painful doom.