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The Pornographer [2001] [DVD]

DVD ~ Jeremie Renier
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  • Actors: Jeremie Renier, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Dominique Blanc, Andre Marcon
  • Directors: Bertrand Bonello
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Tartan Video
  • DVD Release Date: 23 Sep 2002
  • Run Time: 110 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006G9XO
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 12,061 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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An art house movie that asks questions about the morality of art both on and off screen, The Pornographer is a hard-hitting yet strangely unmoving film. Very much a product of the French school of intellectual cinema, the filmmaker of the title is Jacques Laurent (played by Jean Pierre Leaud), a one-time director of adult films who, finding himself down on his luck, is forced to return to his old medium. Far from being a gaudy Boogie Nights style exposé of an unknown world, the film focuses on Laurent's inner turmoil and his rapidly disintegrating relationship with his wife, as well as his restored one with his son Joseph (Jeremie Renier). Director Betrend Bonello handles this material well, if overdoing the art house clichés a little, but the problem with the film (or for some its strong point) comes with the fairly hardcore sex scenes, presented as part of Laurent's movie. While intended to reflect the emptiness of the character's soul, it is hard to see past them as just an attention-grabbing device. Then again, can a film about pornography legitimately not feature sex? One suspects that this debate will run and run and, in its way, The Pornographer has much to say on the subject.

On the DVD: The Pornographer's intended release fell foul of the BBFC, who objected to one particularly explicit scene, a continuing argument that provides much of the material for the DVD's extra features. There is a reproduction of the BFFC ruling, a statement in reply from Bonello (which demonstrate the similarities he shares with his fictional counterpart, certainly when it comes to a vision of erotica) and an excellent essay from critic Pierre Perrene. In addition there are biographies, the cinematic trailer and an option to view the film with or without English subtitles. Whatever the moral questions involved, Bonello's film is a visual treat and his stylish eye is well represented by this format. --Phil Udell



Special Features

Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 5
French
Region 0
Dolby Digital French
Dolby Digital
Star And Director Filmographies
Scene Selection
Original Theatrical Trailer
Promotional Art Gallery
The Pornographer At The BBFC
Directors Statement
Pierre Perrone Film Notes
World Cinema Trailer Reel
English
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55 of 63 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Pornography? You decide..., 23 Nov 2002
By DM Webster "arakis2002" (Norfolk) - See all my reviews
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The pornographer is a typically French film. Beautiful locations and lots of deep discussions. the story centres on a porn film director who is rapidly being left behind by the business. He feels the need in later life to inject humanity into the films while those around him are interested in filming only the sex. One memorable scene is where they have just finished filming a sex scene and he turns to his co-director and suggests that the end of the film should contain the birth of the couple's child! All this is combined with the breakdown of his relationship with his wife, and the slow reconciliation with his son, again, typical French fare.
Much has been made of the 11 second cut of the money shot over the porn actress's face. However, although the film is very explicit in a few places I can't see how the money shot would have furthered the plot and its probably best left out. AS a discussion of pornography it is very interesting; its one of those films that purports to condemn aspects of the porn business but ends up actually compounding the ideas. This isn't a bad thing though- it just makes for more interesting discussions with your friends!
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57 of 78 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Most boring film ever made?, 9 Mar 2003
This film is unbelievably tedious. Alright - there is a sex scene - but (by design) it's sterile and lifeless. That was to demonstrate the hero's disenchantment with porn. But the rest of the film is sterile and lifeless too. It's impossible to warm to Jeanne-Pierre Leaud's world-weary character who mopes and shuffles his way through the film, from one gloomy interior to another. He rediscovers his son, who lives with some angry fellow students. They demonstrate their anger by muteness - great. An unmitigated bore. The moral of the tale? Never buy a film because of sex. Buy a porn video instead and get what you were looking for all along.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Torpid tale of a disappointed man, 10 April 2006
By L. Davidson (Belfast, N.Ireland) - See all my reviews
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"The Pornographer" is a languid character portrait of an ageing ,glum French porn director ,played by Jean Pierre Leaud , who has become disenchanted with his chosen profession. This professional torpor parallels the malaise in his personal life ,with his second marriage ending in separation for no apparent reason other than his desire for solitude and a good , long sulk. There are some explicit sex scenes early on in the film ,used to convey Leaud's growing distaste for his job ,and his embarrassment at being a 50 year old porn director is reflected in his sheepish behaviour with his student son ,with whom he is now reconciled after their relationship broke down when the son discovered what Dad really did for a living. Leaud's character is not a particularly likeable one and the movie doesn't convey any profound message or provide any meaningful insight into the human condition , although it does affect to do so. The cinematography is the best part of "The Pornographer" and the scene with the sheep grazing on a hillside is for me the highlight of the film.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Very Tedious
This is not a badly made, directed or acted movie but it is very slow and tedious. If it lasted for 60 mins instead of 110 it might even have been enjoyable. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Agent Cooper

1.0 out of 5 stars Watch the French original
The director's fury surrounding the censor's cut of the explicit scenes is justified as key dialogue is missing, without which much of the meaning is lost. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Andrew L. Terry

3.0 out of 5 stars Tiresome Tale Of A Man Loosing Touch With His Life
The Pornographer is a film that tires to be very controversial, but doesn't really help itself; this film could have been perfectly well told without the sex scenes which has had... Read more
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