It's a good film, well acted, well directed and very well edited with great sound and b/w visuals, now who might really enjoy it? Can there be anyone? Not the point of course, what we have hear is a fascinating depiction of first the dehumanisation of a young women fallen into the drugs/prostitution cycle, ending up in some nutter's truck who proceeds to then, also remove her sexuality and leave her as crazy as himself. Rodleen Getsic who plays the leading lady incredibly well, clearly has some vested interest in exploring the uncomfortable truth that she would not be the first such women to go down at least the first path. The second is more extreme, but we are not talking about torture really here but more a shaping process. Her hair is removed, she is branded, her breasts almost perversely ignored and sex never takes place, although some seem to have imagined it! This is more like a bad marriage telescoped into mere days. He does not delight in 'taming' her, nor enjoy dragging her around like a dog, just something a man has to do. Disturbing, illuminating and involving almost to the point of driving the viewer crazy. In the end I hardly dared press the 'extras' button, I'm not that much of a glutton for punishment, but it is a director/actress commentary, so another day, I just might brave it all again.
