Tuesday, February 13, 2018

A Brief Review Of The Shame DVD

By Raymond Campbell


When it comes to talking about sex addiction, it can often be a difficult topic. While this is the case, the Shame DVD can often help introduce the topic in a non-threatening way. Still, it is often good to be cautious before suggesting someone is suffering from sex addiction.

With regards to the film, it is a good overview of a how a sex addict has to deal with difficulties and interruptions. For, while the first ten to twenty minutes focus on the character in what appears to be moments after masturbation and orgasm, others see the scene differently. For example, some viewers have suggested the character merely appears to not be looking forward to a long day at work.

In fact, there are many areas of the film in which facial expressions and gestures are used rather than intense language or dialogue. In addition, what many agree is excellent cinematography and editing also play a vital role in bringing the plot and storyline to life. Still, most reviews suggest that the film would have been better with more dialogue.

Most critics and others whom provided bad reviews are also the ones whom labeled the film as the worse of 2011. For, while being the second film directed by Steve McQueen, many believe the film falls short of the first. The first being Hunger, a story which focuses on an Irish character who goes on a hunger strike in 1981. When looking for this film online, or in stores, it is important to not get it mixed up with The Hunger, for these are two distinct and different movies.

Once the man's sister comes and stays at the character's home on an indefinite basis, there are sudden interruptions to the addiction which has been effecting the man for years. As such, when the lifestyle of the sister begins to interfere, the addict has to take drastic measures to meet the insatiable desires associated with this type of addiction.

While engaging with others in social activity, the man is fine and can socialize without issue. At the same time, when left alone, there is often nothing more important than masturbation and orgasm. In the process, the character often looks at online pornographic websites, calls talk lines and looks at nude pictorials in magazines.

When at work, the character often drifts off daydreaming about co-workers or others from various pornographic websites. As a result, the addiction becomes an issue which is less than private. For, by viewing these sites online at work, and the sister overhearing phone calls at home, the addiction eventually becomes clear to others.

The audience often becomes aware of the character's love of sex at the beginning of the film. For, the opening scene shows a naked man, sheets pulled up, breathing intensely. As such, it appears as though the man has just masturbated or had a rather taxing sexual encounter.

Shame is a film which portrays sex addiction as being equal to that of a junkie in need of a fix. For, as with drug addiction, sex addiction interferes with all areas when it comes to the life of the character. In this regard, the film does a great job of highlighting difficulties in the life of a sex addict.




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