Der kleine Tod. Eine Komödie über Sex (2014)

Der kleine Tod. Eine Komödie über Sex: Directed by Josh Lawson. With Bojana Novakovic, Josh Lawson, Damon Herriman, Kate Mulvany. The secret lives of five suburban couples living in Sydney reveal both the fetishes and the repercussions that come with sharing them.

“u0026quot;The Little Deathu0026quot; is a strange film about sexual fantasies…the sorts of fantasies most people in this movie have great difficulty discussing with their partners. If couples saw this film together, perhaps it would be a great way to get them to open up and discuss their darker or stranger desires….so u0026quot;The Little Deathu0026quot; might be great to share with someone you love. However, I have a few caveats…mostly because the film never is exactly a comedy nor a dark and disturbing picture…itu0026#39;s both. So, for every wonderful and interesting story, there is another that is far more difficult and problematic…and some of them are actually pretty violent and disturbing. I really wish the film had kept a slightly more positive and funny mood…especially at the end, where you have a wonderful segment involving a deaf man and his interpreter….and only moments later, two other people brutally die! The juxtaposition of the funny with the dark is not something I loved. Now having dark fantasies isnu0026#39;t the problem…one lady in the film does have a very common but dark fantasy….itu0026#39;s that the film is funny, tragic and sad all at the same time…an I can imagine that instead of opening up a dialog or leading to a very passionate night, the film might just achieve the opposite because of the strange and ever-changing mood in the movie….too much so to make it a great film but still enjoyable enough that you might enjoy the story overall despite its flaws.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBy the way, if you normally use closed captions, you might want to turn them off in the final segment involving the sign language interpreter. This is because the filmu0026#39;s open captions and the closed captions added later get transposed and you see words to the song being played and not the interpretation of the conversation in Australian sign language. I mention Australian, because I am reasonably fluent in American sign language but cannot fully comprehend what they are saying and needed these captions…especially since Australian u0026#39;dirtyu0026#39; signs (signs for sex) are often not the same as the American ones!”