A business-savvy woman gets trapped and preyed in the web of cruel, only-the-strong-survive international digital porn business scene. Director Assayas harshly oscillates the audience's brains and minds between both ends of the spectrum - promising technology and its usage in the porn industry, along with the contrast between women portrayed as business talents and women as sex objects.
Radical cinematography and editing, most notably out-focus and jump-cut, along with 3D/latest tech gimmick, cement around an orthodox evil vs. evil thriller tale, with a cynical challenge towards feminist ideas. Like or not, this is a deliberately twisted and somewhat metaphysical commentary on the technology-epidemic and desire-ruling contemporary world.
The story progression is too dependable on the dialogues to follow without difficulties ("A Big Sleep problem"). Sonic Youth creates an over appropriate loud'n noisy soundscape but suffers from being monotonous.
Radical cinematography and editing, most notably out-focus and jump-cut, along with 3D/latest tech gimmick, cement around an orthodox evil vs. evil thriller tale, with a cynical challenge towards feminist ideas. Like or not, this is a deliberately twisted and somewhat metaphysical commentary on the technology-epidemic and desire-ruling contemporary world.
The story progression is too dependable on the dialogues to follow without difficulties ("A Big Sleep problem"). Sonic Youth creates an over appropriate loud'n noisy soundscape but suffers from being monotonous.