{"id":51369,"date":"2007-09-12T10:56:13","date_gmt":"2007-09-12T17:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51369"},"modified":"2020-09-12T12:06:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T19:06:15","slug":"cafe-flesh-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51369","title":{"rendered":"Cafe Flesh (1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You don&#8217;t have to be ashamed; there&#8217;s nothing wrong with just watching.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Poster-84x128.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"128\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-51371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Poster-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Poster.png 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 84px) 100vw, 84px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a post-nuclear dystopia, the world is divided into &#8220;Sex Negatives&#8221; (those who become ill from sex) and &#8220;Sex Positives&#8221; (those are still able to enjoy it). Sex Positives are forced by the government to have sex in nightclubs, where envious, masochistic Sex Negatives flock to watch them.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adult Films<\/li>\n<li>Dystopia<\/li>\n<li>Nightclubs<\/li>\n<li>Nuclear Holocaust<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary points out, this is truly the &#8220;thinking person&#8217;s [p.] film&#8221;, a rare instance where sexual acts actually makes sense in the context of an adult movie. He writes that while it&#8217;s &#8220;obviously not for all tastes&#8221;, the &#8220;acting is very good, the characters are genuinely interesting&#8221; and &#8220;it is witty, provocative, and erotic&#8221;. In addition, the film has a somewhat compelling plot: a Sex Positive pretends to be a Sex Negative in order not to alienate her SN partner or &#8220;damage his ego&#8221;. As pointed out in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/cafe-flesh\">Time Out&#8217;s Capsule Review<\/a>, this early-&#8217;80s film is remarkably prescient of the AIDS epidemic, which similarly segregated &#8220;positive&#8221; and &#8220;negative&#8221; sexual partners from each other.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> An authentically intriguing premise<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still-128x76.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"76\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-51403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still-1024x611.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still-453x270.png 453w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still.png 1517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Visually interesting, &#8220;highly stylized&#8221; sex scenes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still3-128x76.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"76\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-51405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still3-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still3-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still3-1024x607.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still3-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still3-455x270.png 455w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Cafe-Flesh-Still3.png 1513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes.  This is on a par with <em>The Devil in Miss Jones<\/em> (1973) as one of the most creative and thought-provoking adult films ever made. Discussed at length in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=5986\">Peary&#8217;s <em>Cult Movies 3<\/em> (1988)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1784#cult\">Cult Movie<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0083707\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/68711.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t have to be ashamed; there&#8217;s nothing wrong with just watching.&#8221; Synopsis: In a post-nuclear dystopia, the world is divided into &#8220;Sex Negatives&#8221; (those who become ill from sex) and &#8220;Sex Positives&#8221; (those are still able to enjoy it). Sex Positives are forced by the government to have sex in nightclubs, where envious, masochistic Sex Negatives flock to watch them. Genres: Adult Films Dystopia Nightclubs Nuclear Holocaust Science Fiction Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary points out, this is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51369\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51369"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51406,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51369\/revisions\/51406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}