{"id":61319,"date":"2010-01-02T19:46:33","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T02:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=61319"},"modified":"2022-05-31T07:50:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:50:48","slug":"emmanuelle-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=61319","title":{"rendered":"Emmanuelle (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You must take a lover if you want to become a real woman.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emmanuelle-Poster2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emmanuelle-Poster2-212x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-61320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emmanuelle-Poster2-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emmanuelle-Poster2-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emmanuelle-Poster2-90x128.png 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emmanuelle-Poster2-768x1087.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emmanuelle-Poster2-191x270.png 191w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emmanuelle-Poster2.png 781w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe young wife (Sylvia Kristel) of a diplomat (Daniel Sarky) in Bangkok is encouraged by him to gain sexual experience, and ends up involved with an archaeologist (Marika Green), her tennis partner (Jeanne Colletin), and an older &#8220;mentor&#8221; (Alain Cuny).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adult Films<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Sexual Liberation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary posits that this &#8220;notorious X-rated, soft-core French film set in Thailand&#8221; likely has a &#8220;cult composed of men who use <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Sensuous_Woman\"><em>The Sensuous Woman<\/em><\/a> as a reference book&#8221; &#8212; and that &#8220;women probably have a hard time taking it seriously because it&#8217;s the visualization of male fantasies: that a beautiful woman tries to please a man&#8230; who tells her to be free yet insists on having ultimate power over her.&#8221; Peary acknowledges that the &#8220;film is sensuously photographed,&#8221; and goes on to explain how and why he personally finds Kristel &#8220;a real turn-on&#8221;, including specific scenes that are &#8220;exciting&#8221; and others in which she&#8217;s &#8220;debased in our eyes and loses the appeal that went hand in hand with her naturalness and freedom.&#8221; I supposed it&#8217;s not too astonishing that this was &#8220;at one point France&#8217;s top-grossing picture&#8221; &#8212; and that it&#8217;s &#8220;spawned many sequels and numerous copies&#8221; &#8212; but all-purpose film fanatics really don&#8217;t need to seek it out at this point, given that it&#8217;s terribly written and provides nothing at all of narrative value. Peary discusses the film at greater length in his first <em>Cult Movies<\/em> book, where he points out that &#8220;mention should be made of the interesting, beautifully shot scenes of Bangkok,&#8221; which unfortunately are not only &#8220;wasted in such a film&#8221; but clearly exoticize Thailanders for the purposes of white patrons. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some beautiful footage in Thailand<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale-1024x611.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"382\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale-1024x611.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale-1536x917.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale-452x270.png 452w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale.png 1549w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale2-1024x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale2-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale2-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale2-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale2-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale2-1536x900.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale2-461x270.png 461w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Locale2.png 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine cinematography and sets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Kristel2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Kristel2-1024x589.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Kristel2-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Kristel2-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Kristel2-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Kristel2-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Kristel2-1536x883.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Kristel2-470x270.png 470w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Kristel2.png 1595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Cinematography-1024x596.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Cinematography-1024x596.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Cinematography-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Cinematography-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Cinematography-768x447.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Cinematography-1536x894.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Cinematography-464x270.png 464w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Emmanuelle-Cinematography.png 1578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; you can skip this one unless you&#8217;re curious, given its historical popularity. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0071464\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?id=AeQPAAAAIBAJ&#038;sjid=qosDAAAAIBAJ&#038;pg=6152,725371\">Village Voice Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2006\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/emmanuelle\/review\/127819\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=EekCAAAAMBAJ&#038;pg=PA95#v=onepage&#038;q&#038;f=false\">NY Magazine Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You must take a lover if you want to become a real woman.&#8221; Synopsis: The young wife (Sylvia Kristel) of a diplomat (Daniel Sarky) in Bangkok is encouraged by him to gain sexual experience, and ends up involved with an archaeologist (Marika Green), her tennis partner (Jeanne Colletin), and an older &#8220;mentor&#8221; (Alain Cuny). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Adult Films French Films Sexual Liberation Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary posits that this &#8220;notorious X-rated, soft-core French film set in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=61319\"> 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-61319","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\/61319","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=61319"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84513,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61319\/revisions\/84513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}