The Blind Dead
04-30-2007, 06:35 AM
If the name “La Fura Dels Baus” is attached to a film, one might be mistaken for thinking that said film will be some overly arty/pornagraphic performance piece that would not be out of place at a Dogme film festival. When they came to London back in 2003, they had the media in an all mighty hoopla before even setting foot on the stage!
Once they got on the stage though, they kept good to the show’s name: XXX. The show contained fellatio, cunnilingus, intercourse, sodomy, incest and rape. Lets not forget the talking penis, a defecating bottom, a baked-beans-and-cream-based orgy, orgasm machines and a live internet feed showing a prostitute in Barcelona rubbing her naughty region with a sex toy. Then the show climaxes with a disturbing scene of mutilation … Isn’t art fun kids?
Surprisingly, it was a critical smash and the papers soon dropped their air-headed rants and went on to talk about chalk and cheese or whatever crap they felt needed a good bashing.
La Fura Dels Baus are no strangers to great literature adaptations either, seeing as XXX was based on Marquis de Sade's 1795 novel Philosophy of the Bedroom. This time around...[READ MORE HERE] (http://www.joehorror.com/0000782.html)
Once they got on the stage though, they kept good to the show’s name: XXX. The show contained fellatio, cunnilingus, intercourse, sodomy, incest and rape. Lets not forget the talking penis, a defecating bottom, a baked-beans-and-cream-based orgy, orgasm machines and a live internet feed showing a prostitute in Barcelona rubbing her naughty region with a sex toy. Then the show climaxes with a disturbing scene of mutilation … Isn’t art fun kids?
Surprisingly, it was a critical smash and the papers soon dropped their air-headed rants and went on to talk about chalk and cheese or whatever crap they felt needed a good bashing.
La Fura Dels Baus are no strangers to great literature adaptations either, seeing as XXX was based on Marquis de Sade's 1795 novel Philosophy of the Bedroom. This time around...[READ MORE HERE] (http://www.joehorror.com/0000782.html)