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Why Not: A Serenade of Eschatological Ecology

Why Not: A Serenade of Eschatological Ecology

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 11, 1970

Runtime

1h 50m

User Score

65%

Original Title

Why Not: A Serenade of Eschatological Ecology

Director

Shûsaku Arakawa

Description

Why Not is hypnotic, compulsive and claustrophobic. It is bathed in a cold, pervasive eroticism, which, oblique and displaced at first, finally becomes explicit in one of the most bizarre masturbation sequences ever filmed. For almost two hours, we observe a young, strikingly pretty girl, nude most of the time and alone in an apartment, engaged in a sonambulistic and sensuous attempt at coming to terms with herself.