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honest request for opinions

posted 12 years ago by tarashevchenko
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Did no one else find it INCREDIBLY creepy that the main character undressed women without their consent? I understand the point that he appreciates beauty and all that jazz but does that justify him violating a person's privacy and basic rights? All I could think during the scenes where he undressed and drew women was just how incredibly violated I would feel if someone did that to me. I know he wasn't being a sexual pervert when he drew them but it just made me think of the same entitlement rapists feel they have to women's bodies: that they're for men's use, be it artistic or sexual. I'm not saying it's creepy just because a man did it to women (no one should be undressed without their consent), but do you think gender is a factor in who was creeped out by this film or just found it 'artistic?'

[–] eastcoastguyz 12 years ago

You are over-thinking this. It makes no difference if he did this for real or only imagined that he did. After all, he was operating on no sleep, so there is a question what was real in the first place. It wasn't the point of the film that he was doing anything without consent. It was that he had the time to stop and focus on his artist efforts.

[–] leprutz13-1 12 years ago

Actually there is a problem with this movie. Cashback was primarily a short film. I suggest you watch the short film cause this one is amazing and everything works. The Problem is that some guy told sean ellis he would like to see it in a hundred minutes. That dumb idiot agreed and made a feature film so he did have to write the whole story around the short film which in the end actualy destroyed the poetry and bauty of it's predecessor.