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dangermousieI was browsing Slant's reviews for Frank Borzage movies (one of my favorite Silent and Classic directors. My post on Farrell/Gaynor reminded me of him) and came across this quote from their review of The River:
The man is the idealized sex object here, and his watery purity adds to his long-limbed, smooth-skinned appeal. Allen John has never been with a woman, and he stresses that his mother died when he was young; he's looking for the ultimate Borzagian goal, a mother he can fuck, and he finds a doozy in the saucy-eyed, full-breasted Rosalee. Watching Duncan's adult, openly sexual movements and Farrell's hot sense of uncomprehending carnal possibility, we follow the couple's slow courtship avidly, as if it were an exploratory dance.
(The review is here).
Awesome!
And full of id :) Ahhh, pre-Code!
I think Frank Borsage would have been pretty good at writing manga :)
The man is the idealized sex object here, and his watery purity adds to his long-limbed, smooth-skinned appeal. Allen John has never been with a woman, and he stresses that his mother died when he was young; he's looking for the ultimate Borzagian goal, a mother he can fuck, and he finds a doozy in the saucy-eyed, full-breasted Rosalee. Watching Duncan's adult, openly sexual movements and Farrell's hot sense of uncomprehending carnal possibility, we follow the couple's slow courtship avidly, as if it were an exploratory dance.
(The review is here).
Awesome!
And full of id :) Ahhh, pre-Code!
I think Frank Borsage would have been pretty good at writing manga :)
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