A Brief Review Of The Shame DVD

By Raymond Campbell


Sex addiction is often a taboo topic when it comes to conversation. While this is the case, it is also one that needs to take place. When dealing with someone obsessed with sex, watching the Shame DVD can often be a great introduction for creating a conversation in this regard.

For the film primarily deals with a sex addict and overwhelming urges associated with this type of addiction. The first ten minutes of the film introduces the addict, the addiction and family relationships. While this is the case, these introductions are made using little dialogue though leaving a lot to the imagination of the audience.

Most communication is expressed through gestures and facial expressions. While there is some dialogue, there is also great cinematography and editing which take a lot of credit for bringing the story and plot to life. As a result, when it comes to reviews, there is a mixture of good and bad.

Others have suggested that the film should be considered the feel bad movie of 2011. For, while being a second feature film directed by Steve McQueen, it falls short of the first, Hunger which focused on a character whom went on a hunger strike in Ireland in 1981. Whereas, in Shame, the director focuses on a character whom is a sex addict and well known businessman.

Once the sister comes to stay, the man has to find alternative methods for satisfying an insatiable need for sex. For, the arrival and extended stay have taken away a great deal of privacy. As such, the character must find different places where privacy is available, even if at times risk getting caught by co-workers at work or staff at public venues.

While engaging with others in social activity, the man is fine and can socialize without issue. At the same time, when left alone, there is often nothing more important than masturbation and orgasm. In the process, the character often looks at online pornographic websites, calls talk lines and looks at nude pictorials in magazines.

In fact, even when at work, it is hard for the character not to drift off and daydream either about a fellow co-worker or an online fantasy. As such, the addiction is far from private. For, it is during this time that addiction starts to become visible to others.

As the beginning of the film shows the man naked covered up with a sheet, breathing intensely, it appears to most audiences that the character knows there is a problem. While, it may appear as though the man is preparing for a long day at work, there is mostly one thing and one thing on the man's mind, and that is For, that appears to be the one thing that at the time interferes with all aspects of life.

Once the sex addiction is revealed, there are many points in the film which equate the need for sex as being equal to that of a junkie in need of a fix. For, the character's sex addiction begins to interfere with all areas of life. Whether that be the daydreams and fantasies at work, financial issues, or the difficult relationship with the sister which continues to unravel throughout the film. .




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