New psychological thriller Blink Twice is getting some backlash online for its graphic depictions of assault on women, but...
is getting some backlash online for its graphic depictions of assault on women, but in a movie about control, power and coercion, can we really expect cinema to be sanitised to such an extent?Leaving the cinema screen speechless, only to sit in the car park for half an hour discussing what you just watched is, in my estimation, the signifier of a good psychological thriller.
The film reaches its crescendo when Frida’s friend, Jess, is bitten by a snake and ‘mysteriously’ disappears. To sum up what’s happening is that each woman on the island is given a special perfume that drugs them, erasing their memories from the night, which is when the men violently rape and sexually assault them in a scene that left many viewers extremely shaken.
scene was unnecessary, gratuitous, and salacious. That its graphic nature only served to distress the audience, rather than further the plot, and to be perfectly honest, I just don’t agree. Already being boiled down into the tiring categories works by female directors are so often put into,has been referred to as a #MeToo thriller and a ‘female revenge fantasy’, which feel like quite reductive statements. No, this film is not without its plot holes or shortcomings, but it is a deeply affecting and incredibly well conceived portrayal of a subject we should all be facing head on.
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