Georges Bataille's Story Of The Eye

2004, Movie, NR, 81 mins

Georges Bataille's Story Of The Eye: Review

GEORGES BATAILLE'S STORY OF THE EYE | STORY OF THE EYE

Of the two discrete pornographic traditions, the dominant one proceeds from the intent to arouse desire. The other, vastly (and understandably) less popular but embraced by the likes of Jean Genet, the Marquis de Sade and novelist George Bataille, is rooted in the philosophical notion of sexually graphic material as a vehicle through which to confront, challenge and undermine notions of conventional order and propriety. Philadelphia-based underground filmmaker Andrew Repasky ... read more leave a comment