Right now I'm on the part where he violently takes his wife to the kitchen and forces her to cook for him. We're supposed to be rooting for him 😂
I love watching old films and even find the changing cultural values from previous decades interesting, but this is too much.
Somebody might say that this is actually a critique etc... it would if the female characters were more holistically portrayed and, especially, if the film didn't want us to empathize with the main lead since the beginning.
The one good thing about this film is Bianca Jagger as the prostitute (I like the actress who plays the wife too).
This film is dated and, above all, incoherent. Some reviews say there's a version with a voice over. It's not the one on prime video. It's basically unwatchable in 2022 for reasons other than curiosity.
I should add that while I wrote this review, the plot moved forward from the domestic violence to a very problematically portrayed r*pe.
I love watching old films and even find the changing cultural values from previous decades interesting, but this is too much.
Somebody might say that this is actually a critique etc... it would if the female characters were more holistically portrayed and, especially, if the film didn't want us to empathize with the main lead since the beginning.
The one good thing about this film is Bianca Jagger as the prostitute (I like the actress who plays the wife too).
This film is dated and, above all, incoherent. Some reviews say there's a version with a voice over. It's not the one on prime video. It's basically unwatchable in 2022 for reasons other than curiosity.
I should add that while I wrote this review, the plot moved forward from the domestic violence to a very problematically portrayed r*pe.