欲望的仪式--性与电影的审美快感

电影是现代人为自己发明的又一个“性”的替代物;作为梦幻工厂的电影,使用性同使用其它形态的人类行为一样合乎情理;但色情电影与严肃的情爱电影有很大区别,人们之否定色情电影一方面是因为作者对社会不负责任的态度,另一方面也是因为它在艺术上毫不足取。

The Ceremony of Desire--Sex and the Aesthetic Delight of Films

The film, invented by modem human beings themselves, is another substitute for "sex". The film being the factory of illusion, the use of sex in films is reasonable as the use of other forms of human conduct; pornographic films are, however, largely different from serious love films. Our rejection of pornographic films lies, on one hand, in the irresponsible attitude of film-makers towards society and in its degraded artistic value on the other hand.