The Eddie Izzard Awards: Films That Transcend Taboo
posted 23 hours agoLauren Wissot on three films that refuse to hew to preconceived notions of taboo.
Lauren Wissot holds a B.F.A. in Acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute. After years performing with the legendary Living Theatre and lip-synching with the drag queens and gender benders as "Lauren Vile," she gave up the spotlight to become a writer and filmmaker. A published film journalist and critic, Lauren is also an award-winning director and grant-recipient whose short films have screened in festivals across North America. Currently, she is bent on bringing an S&M flavor to the big screen with her scripts "Obeying Lola," a dyke dominatrix coming-of-age comedy, and the psychosexual trilogy "The Slave, The Shrink and The Stripper."
Lauren Wissot on three films that refuse to hew to preconceived notions of taboo.
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I can think of no better poster child for celibacy than Parisian “provocateur” Catherine Breillat, the director of such erotic misfires as Fat Girl, Romance, and more recently, The Last Mistress, which stars another over-hyped “hottie” Asia Argento. Exiting the theater after a Breillat flick, I never want to have sex again. Ostensibly concerned [...]
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