VON TEESE REALLY LIKES 'SEX'.Byline: >BY DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. KRONKE TV CRITIC If you're making a documentary series on sex in cinema, you're going to want to talk to burlesque burlesque (bûrlĕsk`) [Ital.,=mockery], form of entertainment differing from comedy or farce in that it achieves its effects through caricature, ridicule, and distortion. It differs from satire in that it is devoid of any ethical element. artist and fetish model Dita Von Teese Dita Von Teese (born Heather Renée Sweet on September 28, 1972) is a popular American burlesque artist, model and actress. She is one of the instigators of the burlesque revival and has been a considerable factor in bringing burlesque to mainstream attention. . Sure enough, she's one of the talking heads seen in the Independent Film Channel's "Indie Sex." Featuring segments titled "Censored," "Taboos" (originally airing in 2001), "Teens" and "Extremes" (essentially "Taboos" remade for 2007), "Indie Sex" is a celebration of prurience pru·ri·ent adj. 1. Inordinately interested in matters of sex; lascivious. 2. a. Characterized by an inordinate interest in sex: prurient thoughts. b. , lust, seduction, voyeurism Voyeurism See also Eavesdropping. Actaeon turned into stag for watching Artemis bathe. [Gk. Myth.: Leach, 8] elders of Babylon watch Susanna bathe. , nudity (gratuitous and otherwise) and controversy -- all the things that make moviegoing so much fun. We chatted with Von Teese about sex in (and out of) the movie theater. On her favorite sexy movie: "I love movies set in the past. There's something about the flash of garter, the red lips, the glamour of the past and sex that really does it for me." On what makes the films discussed in "Indie Sex" stand out: "A lot of it is uncensored and uncut, which is unusual. In a lot of movies, there's not a lot of realism when it comes to sex. People have mind-blowing sex, but they also have boring sex, and independent films seem to have a more realistic view of sex than romantic scenes in big-budget films." On sex scenes that are erotic and those that willfully willfully adv. referring to doing something intentionally, purposefully and stubbornly. Examples: "He drove the car willfully into the crowd on the sidewalk." "She willfully left the dangerous substances on the property." (See: willful) are not: "I like to see both. I like really raunchy raun·chy adj. raun·chi·er, raun·chi·est Slang 1. a. Obscene, lewd, or vulgar: "[He] , dirty sex scenes, and I like romanticized sex scenes, and I like to incorporate both in my own life. I like to have the garter and stockings in my life, and I like the raunchy side that no one gets to see except in the privacy of my bedroom." On what makes a love scene erotic: "Usually, it's the story between the two characters. What led them to this point? Do they love each other? Do they hate each other? Is this the beginning of their relationship? Or is it the ending? Some of the scenes most touching to me don't have to do with sex at all; they're just these amazingly erotic moments. There's always something else going on -- it's never the actual sex scene." On the difference between Americans' and Europeans' response to sex: "It's not necessarily sex -- we all like to have sex. But there's generally a different attitude to nudity that you don't see here. "When I visited topless beaches in the south of France South of France south n the South of France → le Sud de la France, le Midi for the first time, I remember thinking, 'I feel so American,' seeing 12-year-old girls in sexier bikinis than those being worn by my adult friends." On fetish films: "I didn't like 'Exit to Eden.' I've sort of lived that lifestyle; I've been involved with the fetish scene for so long. I read the book when I was 17 or 18 and just felt like they made a mockery of it. It was an unfair way to tell the story. I'm hoping someone will take a fetish book and make it into a good film, and make it as erotic as it should be." David Kronke, (818) 713-3638 david.kronke@dailynews.com INDIE SEX >What: Four-part documentary series on ground-breaking depictions of sexuality in film. >Where: Independent Film Channel (IFC (Internet Foundation Classes) A class library from Netscape that provides an application framework and graphical user interface (GUI) routines for Java programmers. IFC was later made part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). See JFC, AFC and AWT. See also ICF. ). >When: Midnight tonight; also midnight Thursday through Saturday. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Dita Von Teese |
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