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Commensal
2017 · Film · documentary · 43 min
Directed by Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
A two-channel installation utilizing both digital video and 16mm film, Commensal focuses on the controversial figure of Issei Sagawa, who gained notoriety in 1981 when, as a graduate student in Paris, he murdered a fellow student and engaged in acts of cannibalism. After his release from a mental institution, Sagawa returned to Japan, and later appeared in innumerable documentaries and sexploitation films. In contrast to earlier journalistic documentaries on Sagawa, the film suspends moral judgment and explores a realm that eludes classification as either “documentary” or “pure fiction,” to instead chart the ambiguous territory between crime, fantasy, and social realities, between an individual and the economy of his public persona.
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Yep. Is more like the sequel of that film: Commensal
She was like the perfect domestic worker. One that words for a small fee, protects the house, respect its contents and never complains, talk or interfere. A house than cleans itself magically when you aren't here Is almost like a bachelor's dream made true.
If the japanese houses wouldn't be so tiny he could have consider to employ her, and give her own room. That would be a win-win situation for both.