The Sex and the Fury, French Aristocracy Style
di Manohla Dargis The New York Times
The first time you see the courtesan called La Vellini, she’s stretched out on a divan and wearing a smile, or perhaps a scowl. It’s hard to tell with this woman, whose lips restlessly tremble and twist with rage and pleasure. She’s dressed like the supine subject of Goya’s painting “The Clothed Maja,” which, like its sister image, “The Nude Maja,” was condemned as indecent by the Spanish Inquisition. To look at the figure on screen writhing like a pampered cat is to understand why those paintings made some observers uneasy. [...]
di Manohla Dargis, articolo completo (5153 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 27 Giugno 2008