Carnival of Desires

My girlfriend made me watch this with her. Wow what a surprise! I was expecting some soft core sex thing and it was more like that party scene in Kubrick's EYES WIDE SHUT only more beautiful and less creepy. The filming was really well done and the colors were jaw dropping. I've never seen anything like this except in some music videos and that Kubrick film. Basically it is 8 short films that each have their own vibe to them but make for one experience. The girls are all 10s. The last scene where they are all together in the grounds of this amazing mansion is probably the sexiest thing I have ever seen in an R rated type film. I wish the DVD had some more features, like a commentary so I could learn more about it. But the stills gallery is cool. My girlfriend left that on auto play for dinner party we had and it was like an sexy art slide show.

This is by far one of the most beautiful series of images I have ever seen committed to film. A strange mix of burlesque, erotica and fetish, it is truly a feast for the eyes. Mark Miremont, who shot and directed the film has got to be one of today's most gifted visual artists. If you can picture the imagery of Helmut Newton or Man Ray, only in super saturated colors and in dreamy slow motion, that is what this like. I have been a fan of his photography for years and when I saw that he had made this film, I was hoping it would be nearly as good. I was not disappointed. The music by Jute is very much in the vein of Cocteau Twins and Massive Attack and amazing too. Highly recommended!