tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109073679101688906.post1600196797225009225..comments2024-03-25T16:07:58.927-04:00Comments on House of Self-Indulgence: Excision (Richard Bates Jr., 2012)Yum-Yumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17897678877069611172noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109073679101688906.post-74364332744182459252014-10-18T01:38:26.137-04:002014-10-18T01:38:26.137-04:00The second half of this film really disappointed m...The second half of this film really disappointed me as it suffers from being caught up in the spectacle of it all. It really is the sort of film which seems to really divide folks opinions.<br /><br />Still while it might seem like a random series of increasingly disgusting and shocking events, it was a couple of days after seeing the film, that it dawned on me that what we are witnessing here is the birth of a psychopath only shot from the psychopath’s perspective, something only furthered by the slowly graduating between the levels of psycho behaviour, as Pauline moves from morbid fantasies to dissecting dead animals to ultimately moving onto human dissection, all under the guise of her desire to be a surgeon. Further evidence of this theory for myself was seen in her ever growing desire to break social norms, as her world view twists to suit her personal outlook such as her blasé reaction to having her period while clumsily seducing her high school crush Adam with the prospect of easy sex. Sadly director Bates chooses for some reason to not give us a big insight into why Pauline does what she does and instead gives us an ending which seems more sudden than conclusive.Elwood Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661750406352159996noreply@blogger.com