>The original posts brushed teasingly through our consciousness back when we were in the full, happy thrust of SXSWing and, while we meant to come back for a good going over at the very first opportunity – well, you know how that goes. Just too. many. shiny. things.
But, we’ve returned – we always do! – for a closer look at ScreenGrab‘s list of the Kinkiest Films Ever Made, part one and part two:
Peter Coyote in a pig mask. Joan Chen getting her foot sucked off in Cinemascope. James Spader spanking Maggie Gyllenhaal. James Spader screwing a scar on someone’s leg. James Spader doing anything, come to think of it. Some of us just have a taste for the bizarre. Of course, that also makes creating a list of the kinkiest films a bit of a minefield. After all, one man’s aphrodisiac is another man’s bellybutton cheese – sometimes literally so.
After a nice nod to CineKink – yes, forgiveness is at hand, if that’s what you really want – they go on to spell out some of the ground-rules for picking the top ten. Which became the top 14. Which looks to be evolving into a sequel, for which they’d happily welcome your suggestions.
Of the list, several had long ago been duly and hopefully noted for our possible inclusion at a future screening. (So, who does hold the exhibition rights to In the Realm of the Senses?) And a few others we’ve already had the pleasure of programming. But some left us dashing for our NetFlix queue. Especially now that we’ve been educated in the ways of Zoo, we can’t wait to see what Jane Fonda gets up to with that horse in Spirits of the Dead! (Somehow we’d always just figured that was some old Bergman snoozer.)
As to potential additions, several spring to mind. But since the list seems a bit mired in gloom and doom, we thought we’d first add some happy S/M to the mix, in the form of our perennial favorite, Preaching to the Perverted, which took home the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative at the premiere edition of CineKink NYC in 2003.
Directed by the UK’s Stuart Urban, the film stars another perennial favorite, Guinevere Turner, as Tanya Cheex, a (usually) latex-clad dominatrix who runs a fetish empire on both sides of the Atlantic. Her world is violated by a young (suit-wearing!) infiltrator, dispatched by crusaders in Parliament to gather evidence against her immoral and illegal activities. Naturally, he grows infatuated and – see above – becomes quite enmeshed in much the very same. Ah, the savory rush of corrupting the fresh-faced and the righteous to a life of licentious profligacy!
But that’s just us. What might be your suggested favorite kinky bit?