On a completely different theme of violence, recently I watched the entirety of Nicolas Winding Refn tv series TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG.
My conclusion is that this is a directorial masterpiece of ultraviolent erotic art cinema, this series is the best that Refn has ever produced. Apparently, the tv series was buried by amzn because they thought it would be too controversial, and Refn received no marketing or promotion for it whatsoever.
The essential plotline (I believe the co script writer was some famous comic book writer?) is about a vigilante detective who embarks on a revenge murder spree against sex predators and criminal molesters who escaped justice - except the detective himself is also dating a 17 year old girl (she is very wealthy, and her hedge fund father is fine with it). I think there is some sly political commentary about America's role as world police whilst also committing the same crimes itself etc. Having watched several of Refn's films, I would say that he recycles many visual motifs, yes, there is a woman who eats an eye (eg The Neon Demon) yes, there are severed hands and also many many weird oedipal mother scenes (Only God Forgives etc). There is a lot of bizarre surreal pseudomysticism and a hilarious reenactment of the passion of christ by police detectives at LAPD offices as part of a weird fascist pastiche of a corporate leavetaking ceremony?? I would also say that this film shocked me far less than The Neon Demon, in fact I think even the cartel violence scenes are fairly tame.
You need a lot of patience to get through this tv series, as the actors do a peculiar thing whereby everytime they deliver their lines or perform any physical motion, they pause in contemplation for 10 seconds (I am not joking, they actually do this).
Nonetheless it is worth it for the jaw-dropping neon lighting aesthetics, panning camerawork and visuals in this tv series, the music by Cliff Martinez...
UNTIL SHE's DESTROYED
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hYtkY6e3gTM>tldr; if you want to see a literal and very long pornographic scene, check out episode 5. You might need to skip the beginning, where Refn includes a gay male rape, I think he included it just for balance
Things that occur in TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG
>neon>mirrors>tarot>police, LAPD>mexicans. I learnt the word mayate>a Chinese person?>a korean person>Japanese archery>black people>Hideo Kojima? (I didn't see him though)>male bdsm>female bdsm>torture>horses>guns>an ice rink>aliens?>swastikas>VR headsets>masturbation>investment funds>weird nostril snorting noises>art gallery>apple pie>deserts>a dialysis machine>being buried alive>a glass eye>football matches>cocaine>PANNING SHOT CINEMATOGRAPHY>RED >BLUE>rolling 1d6. This actually happens>prostitutes>spiritual healing>driving an electric car. This is funny