heartbeatocean said:

retina said:

Manchurian Candidate?

Not about incest, as such, but it's in there.

Fauxie said:

Yeah, the closeness the mother felt for her son was way too intimate, although it was for other reasons...

Magnolia

retina said:

I gotta check it out.

Graffiti Bridge

kidelrich said:

heartbeatocean said:

LOLITA sort of is an example (as it involves her relationship with her stepfather)...

...however, the concept is rather disturbing, no???? Any particular reason why you have an interest in the topic? Just curious....

Fauxie said:

Yes. There was definitely that Oedipal complex kinda happening there.

heartbeatocean said:

they did not have sex... jut a 3 kisses... sure the last 2 were a bit on the familiar side but it was not sex.

Byron said:

I know what you mean, it reminds me of the the complex the psychiatry field has lately been referring to as "psychological incest" for the past 7-10 years....

I heard that Kevin Bacon's new directorial project "LOVERBOY" touches a bit on this subject (psychological incest). It played at Cannes this year I think...the trailer and plot synopsis is available here:


http://www.apple.com/trai.../loverboy/


I heard he managed to get his wife Kyra Sedgewick to venture into some tragic and spooky territory with the leading role as the mother who raises her son to be her own personal "loverboy" (psychologically speaking)....

Kate and Leopold is a story of incest across the ages!

Fauxie said:

Definitely!!!

I've made loads of these.

fathermcmeekle said:

Wait, their very last scene was not sexual... unless you're referring to the dream Brenda has before she goes and throws him out, but the very last scene they show while Sia's Breathe Me is playing was not sexual in any way.

sextonseven said:

I absolutely LOVE this movie... I'm really into period pieces like Howard's End, The Remains Of The Day, etc... and A&I is just a naughty 'lawn movie' as I call it.

KST was especially good in this but I wish her part was just a teensy bit bigger.

Ottensen said:

I already spoke to my interest in the topic above. Besides a personal interest in psychology, I also write screenplays. One thing I find intriguing about this topic in movies, is that it remains largely unspoken, even in the movies which center on it.

In Violette Noziere, it doesn't come out until the very end after she has murdered her parents.

In Sweetie, there is one scene in a bathroom, very understated.

In Priest, a molesting father tells his priest during confession and the priest must carry around this knowledge.

Also, it creates deep subtext for the themes and acting as in The Dreamers, where the sexy happy-go-lucky girl almost commits suicide at the end. Also in Chinatown, where the rape of a community only signifies a much more horrifying rape.

In terms of character development and motivation, enormous complex tales can be spun out of this, i.e. Manchurian Candidate.

Sure, it's disturbing, but it also exists. I'm also interested in the psychology of suicide. I'd rather watch a movie that explores a disturbing topic than most of the sexist, racist, gratuitously violent blockbusters out there. That's called mainstream cinema and that's disturbing.

The Mad Room(1969)- starring Shelly Winters & Stella Stevens.Anybody remember this one?I distinctly remember the disturbing image of the severed hand in the dog's mouth.
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Number23 said:

Tom said:

I don't think the movie did, bu the book dealt with the brother and sister's budding sexuality as they were trapped in the attic. It was almost an R Kelly song.

Spookymuffin said:

But you jack off puppies, deviant.

heartbeatocean said:

I think most movies "about" incest aren't really about incest at all...there are some that are specifically about the act and how soul destroying it is, and a few throw it in for shock value...but many more movies are really about the family dynamic and how it can be so very destructive and effect us well into our adult years. Those movies aren't about incest, but may start to encroach on that topic in subtle ways to underscore how unhealthy this family unit truly is (or was). There are so many strands and versions of love that exist in a family (sibling to sibling, child to parent, parent to child, spouse to spouse, etc) that hinting at a deformed version of one of those types of love to underscore the spiritual deadening of one or more of the characters is more common than people realize.

you sick shits!!!!!


I remember incest turning up in The Amityville Horror part 2(brother and sister) and Sleepwalkers (mother and son)

jtfolden said:

I like period pieces that are a little twisted or tragic--'Elizabeth' (1998), 'Queen Margot', 'Ridicule', 'Dangerous Liaisons', etc. One of my favorite movies is 'Brotherood Of The Wolf' which is like 'Sleepy Hollow', 'Queen Margot' and 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' all mixed up into one film.

I think there was some incest in there too.

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I just watched one.... Code46.

That shit was weird but it was very hot!

Ottensen said:

Now that's some deep psycho drama! I'm surprise it wasn't rated NC-17 based on the trailer alone.

Anyone knows any classics dealing with father/daughter relationships going wrong?

heartbeatocean said:

Points taken. The suicide films I need a moment to ponder. I was thinking "The Pillow Book" but I need to go over the resolution in my mind again...and sadly, it's time for my break

Sweeny79 said:

oh! I loved that movie!

ZombieKitten said:

It was pretty good.

Sweeny79 said:

I that Samantha Morton but that full frontal close up of her was a bit of a surprise!