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The Loss of Sexual Innocence | Year: 1999 Classification: Drama Directed: - Mike Figgis The non-perfect world revealed through minute experiences At what point do we lose our innocence? Is it the one moment of actually having sex, or is it a build up of smaller things through life that slowly take it away? This film has the effect of juxtiposing two views on the question: with Adam & Eve, we have complete innocence up to the moment of having sex ..then they are thrust out into the modern adult world and expected to somehow automatically know how to survive in it. The discovery of Sex does not give them the automatic knowledge of how to deal with all its possible consequences. Interweaved with that, Figgis puts scenes from a man's developing life. Events shown that each eat away a little bit of innocence we may not have even realized we still have. The slow disintegration of Innocence through time. The effect of both instances is numbing. The most amazing scene for me involves two twins, unaware of each other's existance (both played by Saffron Burrows), who one day cross paths with each other in an airport. The set up is stunning. This scene *begs* the question: if you met up with another version of yourself, a version with a different background & different formative events, would you even be recognizable to yourself? Would you be able to relate to that other you as a person? How much have the events in our lives formed us, and how much really is biological? The only quarrel with this film I have is a series of scenes in which Mr. Figgis employed a slow fade-in/fade-out method. This was very eye-painful to watch, the fade is at such a rate you feel as though you are just slow-blinking before falling asleep. Thankfully, this is only done briefly in the film. Over all, excellent filmmaking! Excellent Cinematography and editing I thought this film was incredibly well filmed, some scenes I could not take my eyes off the screen. It's story (stories) is told almost exclusively through images; dialogue has very little role in this film. You can not look away for even a brief time; much will be lost. It's a film that addresses a lot of questions about human sexuality, questions he does not always answer. While sensual, I don't really consider this film to be erotic, when characters engage in sexual activity, there is usually some negative connotation, guilt, coersion, jealousy, etc. Definitely an interesting film, albeit not for everyone. But it's worht checking out; just over 90 minutes (I think; it's certainly less than 2 hours) it's not a huge time committment, and you may like it. Gotta see it to believe it. 2001: A Space Odyssey meets Blue Velvet. It's as carefully paced and music-laden as the former, as far from redemption as the latter. Don't read any blurbs or summaries, just watch it. Buy The Loss Of Sexual Innocence at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Loss Of Sexual Innocence Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Loss Of Sexual Innocence This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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