In this delightfully smug feature, a documentary filmmaker implausibly
allows himself to be bullied for two hours by an interviewee whose
approach to the questions being asked is, "%#$@ you." While none of the
observations offered rise beyond the banal, her attitude of world-weary
wisdom with a side of condescension appears to be designed exclusively
to allow any viewer who might relate to her to feel good about it.
Apart from empowering those audience members with a chance to look with
scorn on everyone else in the room, the film accomplishes little. The
interviewer, cunningly devised to be the ideal shallowly moralistic and
unthinking opponent for his subject, never manages to ask a question
one might not find in a pamphlet. There is little in the way of insight
from the film's parade of angry performers, many of whom seem thrilled
to have a chance to make use of acting skills they're usually only
allowed to employ in angst-ridden productions at theatres downstairs
from the local coffee shop.
Oh, also it's elegantly filmed in a striking black and white, and the
lead is played by a succession of disparate actresses. As someone once
nearly said: ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for
content.
Plot summary
Prostitute. Hooker. Sex Worker. Whore. Candid and seductive, Angie is determined to set the record straight about sex. As she reveals herself, layer-by-layer, she also exposes the man who is interviewing her. Sometimes provocative and confronting, sometimes tender, poignant and sexy, Black & White & Sex takes you behind the scenes and into Angies very special world. There's a question here for every man and an answer for every woman. Anyone who pays is welcome - but leave your expectations at the door sex is never black and white. Written by Angie Winter
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August 12, 2015 at 09:41 PM
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More about the audience than the film
A story of women (spoiler)
First of all, this is a beautiful film to watch. The black and white
photography is sharp enough to carve out details in the skin of the
actresses who all play a single sex worker called 'Angie'. At important
moments the black and white is soft and casts shadows. It is erotic as
Angie is never coloured in and slightly elusive in her shadows. A
screen for projection yet the black and white illuminates her
fleshiness.
The plot is straightforward but the content is not. 8 different
actresses speak of their experiences of sex, using the 'f' word that
IMDb will beep out were it to be written here, in front of a male
director who can be heard but not seen - aside from the odd shot of the
set and crew. The conversation begins as an interrogation from the
director to Angie. She rejects this quite quickly and becomes
provocative and challenging; taking control of the interview. Angie
gets the director to strip naked and masturbate.
After this point the conversation relaxes into a nice to and fro that
sees Angie soften and both she and the director share confidences. The
film culminates, aptly, with Angie masturbating to orgasm. This ending
fitted the conversation but I was not satisfied. Some important
boundary seemed to have disintegrated for me.
I found watching and listening to the different actresses compelling. I
found what they had to say witty and at times, very illuminating. My
favourites were Angie 4 and 5, I think; an older blonde woman who
sported a black mac and an Asiatic woman wearing a satin night gown.
Their dialogue was the most interesting as they discussed fantasy and
reality and then what sex is for women and the role pain has to play. I
was riveted and felt I was learning something about my own sexuality.
This is one of the gifts of film.
A film for ... women? (spoiler)
First of all, this is a beautiful film to watch. The black and white
photography is sharp enough to carve out details in the skin of the
actresses who all play a single sex worker called 'Angie'. At important
moments the black and white is soft and casts shadows. It is erotic as
Angie is never coloured in and slightly elusive in her shadows. A
screen for projection yet the black and white illuminates her
fleshiness.
The plot is straightforward but the content is not. 8 different
actresses speak of their experiences of sex, using the 'f' word that
IMDb will beep out were it to be written here, in front of a male
director who can be heard but not seen - aside from the odd shot of the
set and crew. The conversation begins as an interrogation from the
director to Angie. She rejects this quite quickly and becomes
provocative and challenging; taking control of the interview. Angie
gets the director to strip naked and masturbate.
After this point the conversation relaxes into a nice to and fro that
sees Angie soften and both she and the director share confidences. The
film culminates, aptly, with Angie masturbating to orgasm. This ending
fitted the conversation but I was not satisfied. Some important
boundary seemed to have disintegrated for me.
I found watching and listening to the different actresses compelling. I
found what they had to say witty and at times, very illuminating. My
favourites were Angie 4 and 5, I think; an older blonde woman who
sported a black mac and an Asiatic woman wearing a satin night gown.
Their dialogue was the most interesting as they discussed fantasy and
reality and then what sex is for women and the role pain has to play. I
was riveted and felt I was learning something about my own sexuality.
This is one of the gifts of film.