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Anatomy Of Hell [DVD]

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Genre Drama, Gay & Lesbian Video
Format PAL
Language French
Runtime 1 hour and 17 minutes
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French director Catherine Breillat directs this avante-garde sexual drama based on her own novel 'Pornocatie'. A woman (Amira Casar) goes into the toilets of a gay nightclub and attempts suicide by cutting her wrists. She is rescued from her fate by a gay man (Rocco Siffredi) who takes her to a pharmacy and sees that she is bandaged up. When he takes the woman back to her apartment, she makes an offer to the man: if he will watch her, simply watch her, for four nights, she will pay him for the task. As if to prove her belief that men - and especially gay men - hate and fear women, she sets out to disgust him with her body and her sexuality.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.48 x 5.35 x 0.16 inches; 2.12 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 5037899022931
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 17 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ January 28, 2013
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Palisades Tartan
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AO7HYCQ
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 124 ratings

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3.8 out of 5 stars
3.8 out of 5
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5.0 out of 5 stars Makes 9 1/2 Weeks Look Like Bambi
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2005
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While I was watching the flick, "Anatomy of Hell",

words kept popping into my brain. Here they are:

Deep

Erotic

Compelling

Profound

Adult

Intellectual

Intriguing

Exquisite

...and that was just the first 20 minutes!!!

Directed by Frenchwoman Catherine Breillat, this film

is definitely "one of a kind". It makes "9 1/2 Weeks"

look like "Bambi".

Anatomy of Hell is candid, cruel, cold, warm and

stunning. There is nothing predictable about it.

From one scene (let alone sentence) to another you

haven't a clue as to what is going to transpire next.

The script is sobering and blunt. Here's a sample"

"That's what men can't stand.

It's why they've tried to lock women up, in all eras,

all places, under every latitude.

To protect us from ourselves, they say.

To break the spell of women.

In fact...they're afraid women don't belong to them.

They don't believe in basic freedom.

They threaten us with belts, padlocks, their concept

of chastity, their foolish morals, since they always

need reassurances.

Yet they know one can't ask for proof.

Or else love has no meaning."

Anatomy of Hell has no boundaries. It is shocking,

riveting and stunning. It's the story of a man

discovering what women are made of. It is not for the

faint or weak. It is a no-holds-barred drama that is

borderline "X", but is tasteful and romantic to the

point where it should likely be a double "R" or an

NC-17. I recommend it to all loving couples...single

or married.

I was impressed. Ms. Breillat has caught the male

species with his pants down in this one. She hits it

(them) right on the head.

If you like movies that unfold relationships from

ground zero to the sky is the limit, this one is for

you. It's a solid 10 in this genre...nothing short of

brilliance. Who said women can't direct? This one is

one of the finest foreign films I have ever seen.

Don't miss it (if you can find it).
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E. swindle
1.0 out of 5 stars nasty nasty
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2005
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First off she is in a gay bar if my eyes weren't decieving me. Thats where she met the man to watch her when she was unwatchable. If you like nasty crap to watch i recommend this for you. I don't want to give away any of the movie sceens and ruin your experience, but i will say this much she starts her period, and he gets a taste.....this is in french, but it does have english subtitles. I am referring to the DVD.
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Amateur curmudgeon
5.0 out of 5 stars Deep insight
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2005
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This is, to me, Breillat's best movie. The subject matter of the movie has been delved in by others, so I won't waste time on it.
A generic woman finds a gay man, to observe her and explore the perception that men have of women. During the course of four nights, the perception is dissected, and examined. The woman expresses, nude, before this male that is not attracted to her, her deepest concepts of the battle of the sexes. He in turn, although by definition not attracted to women, observes, comments and indulges. In the end, as in most of Breillat's movies, the questions are left for the viewer to answer, and also to ask.
The actress, Amira Casar is a beauty, and we see a lot of her. The acting is tightly done, and if appears stilted, it is because the situation is in itself stilted.
You will need a stong stomach to watch the whole movie, since there is a particularly revolting scene, but even that scene, fits with the story, and with the desire of the woman to be totally exposed, totally vulnerable and totally degraded.
I have watched some of Breillat's work (A real young girl, Romance) and to me, this is the deepest, most thought provoking of her movies. As opposed to the previously mentioned ones, that I watched once and resold, or gave away, I shall keep this one, and will probably watch it again, more than once, to dissect it further.
The DVD has an interview with the director, and there we find out why a body double was used for the close-up shots: She wanted a hairy person
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William H. Stokes
5.0 out of 5 stars Catherine Breillat Steals Show
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2014
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In 2014, with the mass desensitization to pornography and traumatic scenes due to the internet and network television, it may be easier to watch this film the way it was intended to be viewed. Even so, Catherine Breillat's interview, as a special feature of the DVD, is every bit as powerful as the film (if not more so). Her overarching message of how "pornocracy" places women in a state of subjugation and prevents humanity as a whole from reaching transcendence is brilliant. Also hearing about how many painstaking details went into the aesthetics of the film (hemp sheets that don't wrinkle for example) gives the viewer an appreciation for how what seems minor is anything but. Time well spent!
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coccinellecox
5.0 out of 5 stars La vérité nue
Reviewed in France on June 13, 2015
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Si vous cherchez à être émoustillé(e)s, ce film ne vous plaira pas. C'est plutôt un parcours initiatique sur la découverte du corps féminin sans concession par un homme. Amira Casar est juste sublime et sublimée par l'éclairage. L'interview avec la réalisatrice est également très intéressant.
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purenard
2.0 out of 5 stars TOO MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Reviewed in Canada on December 26, 2013
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too hyped up. garbage film! artsy and pretentious. too much ado about nothing. really. what a brilliant waste of time.
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Alex Beere
5.0 out of 5 stars Unjustly Overlooked - Provoking - Beautiful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 1, 2008
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This movie is a sexual holocaust, but I'm still a believer that such rites of dehumanization do have a place in modern cinema. Someone had to do it, and the fact that it is directed by a woman gives her free license to obliterate the preconceptions of femininity and its plethora of powers and weaknesses. It paints a stark picture of the behavioral patterns which we're forced to adhere to in our day-to-day lives and attacks them in a very blunt fashion. I love it. It's confronting and unrelenting.

The French have always known how to gut their audience, and this movie is something I look upon as a challenge. Initially I was set on edge, and its unrelenting subject matter and subsequent exploration of the anatomical mechanisms of sexuality is something which I found to challenge my previous views in many ways.

Amira Caser is immaculate in her role, her simple facial expressions portray the complexities of the vulnerable state she allows herself to be placed in throughout the most confronting scenes, with simple and subtle gestures of fear and excitement showing glimpses for all those who choose to absorb this film fully.

Perhaps the fact that this movie stars prominent porn actor Rocco could taint its subject to the general audience, but the role he fills demands than he be comfortable and confident in his expression of explicit sexual materials and for this reason I believe he is perfectly suited for the part, and really not a bad actor at the end of the day.

My conclusion is that this film is more challenging and abrasive than any horror you've yet seen, and it takes a stronger being who is prepared to explore this topic brutally, without having it painted in a soft light, and for its honesty I must give it full credit.
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Gerard 78
1.0 out of 5 stars Trop intello pour moi :
Reviewed in France on March 30, 2024
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Je n'ai rien compris au scénario de ce film. Que vient faire Rocco Siffredi dans ce boulgui-boulga ?
Même la photo, blanchâtre, est repoussante. Mauvais achat pour moi.
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Satish Nimkar
3.0 out of 5 stars Anatomy of the Feature Length
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2012
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There is certainly confusion about the length of the film. I bought this version (Tartan DVD) at amazon.uk. The cover of the DVD specifies the length as approx.85 minutes,whereas in reality it is only 73 min and 31 sec including a long line of credits at the end. The information is definitely misleading.

Region 1 version offered on amazon.uk gives the length as 80 minutes. The so-called uncut version specifies 77 min as the length. IMDb(international movie data base)lists the length as 77 min.

I would certainly love to have an explanation for this confusion about the length of the film. Can anyone at Tartan explain this discrepancy.

Apart from this,it looks as if the film has been mutilated by the censors,whoever they are.

Beware of this discrepancy before buying this film.

Thematically you may find the film great or trash,according to your state of mind. I certainly do not have much opinion about this film. That is why I have rated three stars. For voyeurs,it is certainly a feast
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