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Help its the year 2006, and I still have this movie on tape and I like it oddly. Why is this? Maybe I wouldn't feel like such a freak if others shared why they like this movie? My guess is its because there aren't very many movies about the experience of higher learning, and this film sort of shows some of that...dunno. Thoughts? Thanks.\ Ineed to write at least 10 lines, so ignore this sentence. You can also ignore this sentence too as I've no more to write but require a minimum of 10 lines, as i've said, inorder to post this message. But I can't seem to think of something else to say aha! Now I've thought of something to write...

1. Actually, while we're on the topic, anyone know some other movies like this? Preferably from the 80's.

Thanks everyone!

What is wrong with everyone???? The actress in this movie was only twelve!! How could have a studio have released this movie, or any actor have worked in it is beyond me. I really doubt any of them will work again, who would hire them? The director should be arrested for exploiting children.

I feel sorry for people who would watch this.

Just because a movie is critically acclaimed does not mean its good. Directors get knighted as artists when in fact its just a way of bringing attention to their work and making more money off young people who need something to look up to. There are good movies out there but please don't believe that because someone has enough money to make the lame movie they want, that they are any good (movie critics are the lowest strata of society). i promise you these exploitive directors probably all started out in pornos inorder to support their drug habits. Why would we watch their movies and promote whats noxious in this world ?

Like many others I saw this movie ten years ago. Because of all the hype surrounding it I snuck into a screening while I was still underage. At the time I really had no thoughts on it except that I was glad to have not been booted out of the theater. As the years went by though I am suddenly hit with a sense of surreality: "Was that really what happened in that movie?". I guess I could rent it to appease my flashbacks/hauntings. I really think this movie was sick, why would anyone make this movie? Ihave two questions: 1) Is it just me or were all of us sort of hypnotized in the 90's, because when it came out nobody pointed out the fact that it was truly abhorrent, & really a sadomasichistic, psychotic porno. I remember the theater was packed and everybody acted like it was nothing. Who else thinks that a movie like this wouldn't do well today? 2) I'm going to guess that the writer & cronenberg presume that there is some deep message here, probably about society, probably apocalyptic too. Anyone mind telling me what the message was. (Funny how after all my liberal arts education I don't know. I guess nerdy film directors with pseudointellectual musings know more than the rest of us. Cheese.) Thanks for reply.