禁忌性话题是
iFC 出品的一个纪录片系列，一套评述世界电影(性)史的纪录片，不过主要是美国部分。包括四部分：审查、禁忌、青年、极端。
性话题本来就不是言语禁忌，不应该被视为是隐晦和肮脏的。龌龊者看到龌龊，高尚者看到高尚。 还是不错的。里面有几部片子真的值得一看，你懂的。 ★★★★
Whoever thought that sex could seem so tedious? In this new four-part
documentary from IFC, appropriately called “Indie Sex,” we are treated to what
seems like the long, long history of sex in the cinema and, following on its
tail, the history of censorship in the movies. Can’t have one without the
other, as we’ve discovered many times before in countless other such docus on
the subject. This latest, put together by filmmakers Lisa Ades and Lesli
Klainberg, is loaded with such a stockpile of facts that it becomes, after a
while, not in the least bit sexy. The documentary looks good, that’s for sure.
It’s also loaded with split-screen imagery, fast-paced editing and a truckload
of great (and perhaps never-before-seen by some) footage, all of it
documenting the love-hate-love relationship between sex and Hollywood. The
premise here, according to the filmmakers, is that the mere fact of cinema
itself just begs filmmakers to make sex their subject – or at least to make
their subject anything that could be considered taboo, voyeuristic and maybe a
little naughty. Many would differ. Part 1 of “Indie Sex,” airing tonight, is
“Indie Sex: Censored,” which charts the history of how Hollywood has dealt
with, tried to avoid and even kowtowed to the censors, represented most
prominently as the Hays Code. Beginning in the mid-1930s, Hollywood allowed
itself to be dictated to by those who found movies to be too sexually explicit
(of course, this is only one part of what the Code deplored). The effects are
still felt. Part 2, “Indie Sex: Taboos,” airs Thursday and was originally
aired on IFC in 2001. Hot topics having to do with sexuality (IFC calls it
issues of “subversion” and irreverence) are the subject of an installment that
now seems dated if not very, very familiar. Part 3, “Indie Sex: Teens,” airs
Friday and exploits the issue of teenage sexuality on the screen in films like
“American Pie” as well as those coming-of-age moments that filmmakers love to
revel in and obsess over year after year. Part 4, which airs Saturday, is
“Indie Sex: Extremes” and, as the press release says, begs the question, “Is
it true that the only difference between art and pornography is lighting?”
Need more be said? There are celebs around to help tell the story; the critics
and historians (some of them unfamiliar names and faces) also have a word to
say. Still, it’s a long road to travel to reach the end of the four
installments, but some will want to venture out there nonetheless. INDIE SEX
IFC An Orchard Films production Credits: Directors: Lisa Ades, Lesli Klainberg
Producer: Lesli Klainberg Editor: Hope Litoff Co-producer: Tammie Rhee
Associate editor: Judd Blaise Associate producers: Kate Walker, Chandra Simon,
Amy Neiporent Cinematographers: Ruben O’Malley, John Tanzer Peter Nelson
Original music: Douglas J. Cuomo
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/indie-
sex-158029
