A cool, thoughtful character study, in which pornography can be read as a metaphor for the practice of film-making.
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04/15/02
The Pornographer (2001)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:3
Rotten:8
Average Rating:4.3/10
Synopsis: Jean-Pierre Léaud stars as Jacques Laurent, a former pornographic filmmaker who returns to the industry in this hard-hitting drama from director Bertrand Bonello. Having enjoyed a 20 year hiatus... [More]
Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jeremie Renier, Dominique Blanc
Director: Bertrand Bonello
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The scenes in which the porno films are being made stand out, but with a 108 minute sit and an awkward narrative it isn't even salvaged by calling it French cinema.
06/24/05
You wouldn't want to spend a mere 15 minutes with porn filmmaker Jacques Laurent ... and The Pornographer runs 106.
06/14/05
The theme of silent passivity runs throughout the film, so Bonello must have wanted to make some kind of statement with it. The effect is merely alienating.
06/10/02
Only fans of the most pretentious, dull French cinema will even remotely like this film.
12/24/02
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12/06/05
not just a study of how porn has degenerated from adult-oriented love stories to rank perversion, it's also a film about how the movies themselves have changed
05/28/05
The Pornographer does to its theme precisely what pornography does to sex -- it isolates specific parts while ignoring the bigger picture and the larger meaning.
06/07/02
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04/24/02
The film seems to be intent on the subversion of what most people consider obscene or shocking. By all means, if you are most people, have a look. All others should catch a nap.
06/07/02
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01/01/00
I spent the first 30 minutes or so genuinely unsure about whether this film thought itself funny, willing it to favour knowing self-mockery, disappointed but not surprised when it plumped for high pretentiousness.
08/08/02
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