Yesterday I watched Bilitis again, with 2023 eyes. I saw it when it was released and could remember it quite well so there were no surprises. I liked it then, I love it now.
If Bilitis was released today it would be crushed by the critics, by the press and by the virtue signaling lynch mob of the social media. Not because of the nude and mildly erotic love scenes with teen girls but because it doesn't tick the obligatory checkboxes of today's films. Bilitis gives us a pure and sweet lack of diversity. All the girls are pretty and thin. There isn't a single ugly one. Not a single fat one. Not a single BLM one. Not a single (choose your minority) one. Nothing was done to portrait the fake reality current films shove. As someone once said, we were happy but didn't know it.
Francis Lai's soundtrack is magnificent, fits the images perfectly. It's almost classic. There is no rap/hiphop/funk or other current offensive noise we hear today.
Even if you don't appreciate David Hamilton's fogged lens signature style isn't possible to deny the great composition of the takes. The stills showed are masterpieces.
And yet again it was a pleasure to watch.
We were happy and didn't know it...
If Bilitis was released today it would be crushed by the critics, by the press and by the virtue signaling lynch mob of the social media. Not because of the nude and mildly erotic love scenes with teen girls but because it doesn't tick the obligatory checkboxes of today's films. Bilitis gives us a pure and sweet lack of diversity. All the girls are pretty and thin. There isn't a single ugly one. Not a single fat one. Not a single BLM one. Not a single (choose your minority) one. Nothing was done to portrait the fake reality current films shove. As someone once said, we were happy but didn't know it.
Francis Lai's soundtrack is magnificent, fits the images perfectly. It's almost classic. There is no rap/hiphop/funk or other current offensive noise we hear today.
Even if you don't appreciate David Hamilton's fogged lens signature style isn't possible to deny the great composition of the takes. The stills showed are masterpieces.
And yet again it was a pleasure to watch.
We were happy and didn't know it...