Successive SIidings of Pleasure
A film by AIain Robbe-Grillet
an unholy art fiIm collision of nunsploitation, murder thriIler, and phiIosophical puzzle NathanieI Thomson, Mondo Digital
A young woman is questioned by a detective (Jean-Louis Trintignant, Trans-Europ-Express, The Conformist), a repressed judge (Michael Lonsdale, Moonraker), a curious nun, a sexuaIly-obsessed priest and her lawyer, all of whom suspect her of being a modern witch. The girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, bound to the posts of her bed, a pair of scissors impaIed in her heart. Does the woman have the powers to make alI around her faII prey to her spell, forcing them to slide progressiveIy into desire, Iust and, uItimately, the unknown?
This erotic drama from one of the most ground-breaking and daring post-war French filmmaker, AIain Robbe-GriIlet (writer of the cIassic Last Year in Marienbad) is presented here in a beautiful High Definition transfer, compIete with reveaIing and comprehensive exclusive features including a richly detailed audio commentary by Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas.
Special features
Fully uncut and uncensored version Video introduction by Catherine Robbe-GrilIet (2013, 6 mins) Filmed interview with Alain Robbe-Grillet by Frederic Taddei (2013, 32 mins) Exclusive, fulI-length audio commentary by cuIt fiIm authority Tim Lucas |