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Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 26 April 2012 by delclem

4 years ago, the daughter of  Josef Fitzl was liberated from her father’s basement, after almost 25 years of  captivity and incest.

However, the aesthetics of the documentary not only investigates the dark side of white trash culture in Lower Austria – in its search for ‘fitting images’ for the almost unimaginable crime, it also reveals the stereotypical Othering of Austria in the cultural imaginary of Great Britain… (c) SKY & back2back, 2009

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“Whores’ Glory”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , on 26 February 2012 by delclem

“Whore’s Glory is the last movie in Austrian director Michael Glawogger’s trilogy about the globalization of the proletariat, which also includes Megacities (1998) and Workingman’s Death (2005). It deals with prostitution inside three culturally different environments (Thailand, Bangladesh, Mexico), stepping deeper into the world’s oldest profession than any film before.” >MORE / interview, stills, trailer
(c) bturn, 2012 (reblogged)

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