Blind Beast

Japan   d/ Y. Masumura

This film took the basic idea of John Fowles The Collector, altered it some, ramped it up a couple of notches and produced an excruciating exercise in audience tolerance.

A young model is kidnapped by an insane blind sculptor and his mom...he locks her in his remote warehouse/studio and forces her to act as his muse/model/plaything. This psycho was continually pawing his captive...all in the name of art of course. It was abuse without whips, gore...psychological abuse which degraded her and those of us watching.

Masumura often pushed envelopes to make a point; in this one he pushed too far for my taste. High quality filming, sets, acting...but really...

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