i think art can be seperated from the artist but there always something fishy about the messages conveyed in that piece of art when in the real world, they believe or do things that go against it.
hardcore is one of the many films that tries to discuss the dangers of the world of porn films and the many explotations in said world but its kinda tame. in fact i would say it doesn't critique it well.
now you don't have to b the most explicitely violent or nudist to be good but i didn't think the film was trying to say something smart about its ideas nor its characters.
george c.scott gives a great performance but outside of that all of these characters feel extremely one dimensional, there are no layers, there are no hidden truths underneath anyone.
the film is shot pretty well but for something that tackles such a gross subject, it looks to clean.
kristen, the daughter of jake the film is kicked in motion by is a fine critique on how the porn industry exploits young girls but it really is damaged by the fact we only have 1 single scene of her.
we don't really know anything about her before hand and so she feels more like the end goal for the film then an actual person.
sex work and making porn films are somewhat similaire.
i think sex work is oke and people shouldn't be looked down upon it.
sex work is sometimes just people's ordinary jobs and thats oke.
they are people like you and me and so they should be handled with care and like actual people instead of objects.
im more so critiqueing the notion of snuff films.
this is such a weird film for schrader to make because we've learned a few things about him and it feels like he made this with headphones on with the volume to the max because there is something to be said about the possibile disconnect between art and the artist and how they look at their own work.
i thought the same way about paul thomas anderson and one battle after another.
do we as artists know what we make and direct?
do we recognize the implication and impact our work, actions and words have on one another?
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