Stopkewich has taken on a subject that can't help but be controversial but presents it in a way that is completely non-exploitive and non-sensational. . .it is lyrical.
Kissed (1996)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:14
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7/10
Runtime: 79 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Over the years, a child's romantic idea about death transforms into an appetite for necrophilia and embalming. When she gets her dream job in a mortuary, she meets a man who is intrigued by her... Over the years, a child's romantic idea about death transforms into an appetite for necrophilia and embalming. When she gets her dream job in a mortuary, she meets a man who is intrigued by her 'flirtations' with death. Lynn Stopkewich's Canadian production was nominated for several awards on the 1997 festival circuit. [More]
Starring: Molly Parker, Peter Outerbridge, Jay Brazeau, Natasha Morley
Starring: Molly Parker, Peter Outerbridge, Jay Brazeau, Natasha Morley
Director: Lynne Stopkewich
Director: Lynne Stopkewich
Screenwriter: Barbara Gowdy, Angus Fraser
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What makes this film standout, is that the subject matter is necrophilia.
Explores the intersection between sex, death and the search for transcendence.
It is a futile claim to make that Kissed is less about necrophilia than it is about the nature of obsession and addiction. Though this is a perennial (and often generic) theme in film, in Kissed it is uniquely characterizing.
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