hello there
i haven't introduced myself yet so...
i'm sarah, a student from birmingham, england. i'm finding these posts
really interesting, especially about polanski + almodovar. i saw Talk To Her
when it came out and felt frankly confused about what i'd seen. i too
thought that there was too much sympathy for the rapist, + women's voices
weren't being heard at all. was this film a deliberate attempt to force the
audience to question it's ideas about rape and the female voice? i'm not
sure. i can see how it could couldn't be. my main problem was just the whole
idea of a woman in a coma, who has no voice and is presented as a vessel for
men to attach their own meanings, sexuality, and personality to, is raped
and for some reason it comes across like the man is in more distress and in
need of help than the woman. grrr!!!!
also, there's been incidents of male nurses/attendents in hospitals raping
women in comas/paralysed states here in the UK. how can you make a film
about that and make it almost like a romance/love story????!!!!!
and that bit in the film where the shrinking man goes inside her - it's
about the male invasion of the female body, but in a really obvious way.

so have any of you seen 'irreversible' yet?


love Sarah*