Calvin Klein is in the hot seat for its provocative upskirt ad, but the fashion company knew exactly what it was doing, a marketing expert tells TheWrap. In fact, the backlash to the photo featuring 23-year-old Klara Kristin is good for the brand, says Rajiv Menon cultural analyst at the branding research company TruthCo. “Controversy can be a good opportunity for dialogue and they are in the prime position to do that because they have such a reputation for pushing the envelope and creating advertisements that create buzz,” he told TheWrap. Calvin Klein has been in the spotlight before for deliberately provocative campaigns.
- 5/13/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Calvin Klein is getting major backlash on social media for an advertisement image being compared to child pornography. Those bothered by the upskirt shot of 22-year-old Danish actress Klara Kristin have used words like “creepy,” “disgusting,” “predatory” and “child porn” to describe the image displaying the model’s crotch covered by underwear. “I flash in #mycalvins,” the caption reads on the image featured on the clothing brand’s Instagram account. “She looks all of 12 years old… sick,” one user commented on the social media platform. Also Read: Marie Claire Editor Called Out for Hypocrisy on Body-Shaming “Sure just look under girls skirts,...
- 5/12/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Scorpio Becomes Electra: Noé’s Sex Scenes from a Marriage
The last time we were caught in provocateur Gaspar Noé’s crosshairs it was back in 2009 with Enter the Void, which ended on an orgasmic crescendo by literally fucking the audience. He’s back with more of that kind of sex stuff with Love, a memory poem as sexual odyssey/obsession told via the nostalgia of its tortured protagonist. Sexually explicit, but not necessarily distasteful, Noé is simply showing the general mechanics of people having sex. The rest of the narrative, seeking to explore the undoing of a passionate, youthful relationship, is nothing new as it explores the mundane inevitability of monogamy and how solving such an issue in a union based mostly on sexual attraction proves to be difficult. For those not titillated by a generous helping of spurting fluids and erect penises (including another vagina-cam shot), it’s...
The last time we were caught in provocateur Gaspar Noé’s crosshairs it was back in 2009 with Enter the Void, which ended on an orgasmic crescendo by literally fucking the audience. He’s back with more of that kind of sex stuff with Love, a memory poem as sexual odyssey/obsession told via the nostalgia of its tortured protagonist. Sexually explicit, but not necessarily distasteful, Noé is simply showing the general mechanics of people having sex. The rest of the narrative, seeking to explore the undoing of a passionate, youthful relationship, is nothing new as it explores the mundane inevitability of monogamy and how solving such an issue in a union based mostly on sexual attraction proves to be difficult. For those not titillated by a generous helping of spurting fluids and erect penises (including another vagina-cam shot), it’s...
- 10/26/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Love
Written and directed by Gaspar Noé
France, 2015
On the one hand, it’d be easy (and tempting) to discuss Love, the new film from Gaspar Noé, solely through the lens of the movie’s sex. There’s certainly a lot of it, and it’s explicit, with unsimulated sex scenes making up a significant portion of the film’s two hour running time.
But to only discuss the sex would mean occluding the ostensible aims of the film, which are manifold, in spite of the sexualized imagery in the film’s promotional materials and their suggestion that Love really is a mere act of provocation. What little narrative there is tells the story of the love triangle between Murphy (Karl Glusman), Electra (Aomi Muyock), and Omi (Klara Kristin), and Murphy’s determination to find Electra after her mother (Isabelle Nicou) informs him of her disappearance. As a result of the news,...
Written and directed by Gaspar Noé
France, 2015
On the one hand, it’d be easy (and tempting) to discuss Love, the new film from Gaspar Noé, solely through the lens of the movie’s sex. There’s certainly a lot of it, and it’s explicit, with unsimulated sex scenes making up a significant portion of the film’s two hour running time.
But to only discuss the sex would mean occluding the ostensible aims of the film, which are manifold, in spite of the sexualized imagery in the film’s promotional materials and their suggestion that Love really is a mere act of provocation. What little narrative there is tells the story of the love triangle between Murphy (Karl Glusman), Electra (Aomi Muyock), and Omi (Klara Kristin), and Murphy’s determination to find Electra after her mother (Isabelle Nicou) informs him of her disappearance. As a result of the news,...
- 10/11/2015
- by Max Bledstein
- SoundOnSight
Love Trailer. Gaspar Noé’s Love (2015) movie trailer stars Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman, and Klara Kristin. Love‘s plot synopsis: “A sexual melodrama about a boy and a girl and another girl. It’s a love story, which celebrates sex in a joyous way.” Gaspar Noé is someone I will always line up at the theater for, and everything I’ve heard about […]...
- 9/30/2015
- by Marco Margaritoff
- Film-Book
"Can you show me how tender you can be?" Alchemy has released the official Us trailer for Gaspar Noé's Love, his 3D film about sex and love. Step aside Lars von Trier, this is truly the borders-on-pornography cinematic experience you've been waiting for. Love premiered at Cannes to mixed reviews, and is opening up in Us cinemas this October, if you're interested in diving deeper into this one. The cast includes Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman, Klara Kristin and Juan Saavedra. This trailer is a bit odd and curious, very seductive, but the dialogue is atrocious and I'm just not sure if this is worth seeing (in 3D). Your thoughts? Here's the official Sfw trailer for Gaspar Noé's Love, direct from Vice's YouTube: The one-line synopsis for the project is: "A sexual melodrama about a boy and a girl and another girl. It's a love story, which celebrates sex in a joyous way.
- 9/29/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Sure to ruffle some feathers this fall, the latest work from Gaspar Noé is Love, a melodrama featuring unsimulated sex in eye-popping 3D. Premiering at Cannes earlier this year to a divisive response, the story specifically tracks the relationship between three individuals, and now we have a better glimpse at the erotic journey thanks to the first U.S. trailer and a threesome (sorry) of Nsfw clips.
We said in our review, “Love endeavors to capture the ecstasy of love as expressed through sex, something that Murphy, a film student, proclaims as the most noble – and, supposedly, yet unrealized – of cinematic ambitions. By name-checking Pier Paolo Pasolini, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Andy Warhol through Murphy’s t-shirts and film posters, Noé situates himself not only in the tradition of some of cinema’s most eloquent pioneers on the subjects of love and sex, but at its vanguard. Love doesn’t say nor show anything new.
We said in our review, “Love endeavors to capture the ecstasy of love as expressed through sex, something that Murphy, a film student, proclaims as the most noble – and, supposedly, yet unrealized – of cinematic ambitions. By name-checking Pier Paolo Pasolini, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Andy Warhol through Murphy’s t-shirts and film posters, Noé situates himself not only in the tradition of some of cinema’s most eloquent pioneers on the subjects of love and sex, but at its vanguard. Love doesn’t say nor show anything new.
- 9/29/2015
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Sneak Peek new images of actress Aomi Muyock, making her screen debut in writer/director Gaspar Noé's $3 million budgeted, Paris-shot thriller "Love", in the latest issue of "Vanity Fair" magazine:
"...in 'Love', college student 'Murphy', expresses his desires to his fellow classmate, 'Electra', (Muyock) who in turn expresses her desires to have sex with a woman.
"So one night, Murphy and Electra stay up in their hostel and Electra invites another high school student and her friend, 'Omi' to their college. Together the trio indulge in a threesome that contemplates the personal desires of each individual..."
Also starring are Karl Glusman as 'Murphy', Klara Kristin as Omi, Gaspar Noé as Art Gallery Owner, Frank Wiess as the Principal and Norman Jacques as the driver.
Love is the screen debut of the two main female characters of the film, Aomi and Klara. Noé met them in a club.
"...in 'Love', college student 'Murphy', expresses his desires to his fellow classmate, 'Electra', (Muyock) who in turn expresses her desires to have sex with a woman.
"So one night, Murphy and Electra stay up in their hostel and Electra invites another high school student and her friend, 'Omi' to their college. Together the trio indulge in a threesome that contemplates the personal desires of each individual..."
Also starring are Karl Glusman as 'Murphy', Klara Kristin as Omi, Gaspar Noé as Art Gallery Owner, Frank Wiess as the Principal and Norman Jacques as the driver.
Love is the screen debut of the two main female characters of the film, Aomi and Klara. Noé met them in a club.
- 7/11/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Gaspar Noé’s Love, which premiered in the Midnight screening section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, looks like it could make the Blue is the Warmest Color sex scene seem pretty tame in comparison.
This English trailer for the controversial title, his first feature since 2009’s Enter the Void, is a highly Nsfw, steamy, sexy, and intensely erotic first look full of sex and romance. Here’s the full synopsis:
A sexual melodrama about a boy and a girl and another girl. It’s a love story, which celebrates sex in a joyous way.
Love was shot in 3D, stars Noé, Aomi Muyock, Klara Kristin, and Karl Glusman. Love has a French release date for July 15 and has been picked up for American distribution, but no date has been set. Watch the trailer below:
Love
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This English trailer for the controversial title, his first feature since 2009’s Enter the Void, is a highly Nsfw, steamy, sexy, and intensely erotic first look full of sex and romance. Here’s the full synopsis:
A sexual melodrama about a boy and a girl and another girl. It’s a love story, which celebrates sex in a joyous way.
Love was shot in 3D, stars Noé, Aomi Muyock, Klara Kristin, and Karl Glusman. Love has a French release date for July 15 and has been picked up for American distribution, but no date has been set. Watch the trailer below:
Love
The post Watch the steamy, Nsfw trailer for Gaspar Noé’s ‘Love’ appeared first on Sound On Sight.
- 6/29/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
I can't say I have any real interest in seeing Gaspar Noe's Love, a 3D feature delivering all the explicit goodness of your favorite porno, though Noe works a little harder to offer up a narrative, which, I guess, somehow makes it something differentc Here's the plot: January the 1st, early morning. The telephone rings. Murphy wakes up next to his young wife and 2-year-old child. He listens to his voicemail: Electra's mother, sick with worry, wants to know whether he has heard from her daughter. Electra's been missing for a long time. She's afraid something really bad has happened to her. Over the course of a long rainy day, Murphy finds himself alone in his apartment, reminiscing about the greatest love affair of his life, his two years with Electra. A burning passion full of promises, games, excesses and mistakes... The film stars Karl Glusman, Aomi Muyock and Klara Kristin...
- 6/29/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The first 3D porn movie ever screened in official selection at the Cannes Film Festival has been sold to nearly 40 markets including Australia.
Gaspar Noé.s Love stars Karl Glusman as a young American reminiscing over an intense affair he had in Paris with Electra (Aomi Muyock). Her suggestion of a threesome with Omi (Klara Kristin) ultimately unravels their relationship.
.Its sexually explicit content, which might pose a problem in a handful of territories such as the Us, does not appeared to have deterred buyers,. Screen Daily drily reported.
Some reviewers rated the film as less scandalous and daring than the Argentinian-born French director.s previous efforts such as Irreversible (2002) and Enter The Void (2009).
.Even though one critic labelled Love the director.s tamest film, it hardly is that, considering the numerous, extremely graphic sex scenes in which nothing is left to the imagination,. Deadline.com.s Pete Hammond wrote.
Gaspar Noé.s Love stars Karl Glusman as a young American reminiscing over an intense affair he had in Paris with Electra (Aomi Muyock). Her suggestion of a threesome with Omi (Klara Kristin) ultimately unravels their relationship.
.Its sexually explicit content, which might pose a problem in a handful of territories such as the Us, does not appeared to have deterred buyers,. Screen Daily drily reported.
Some reviewers rated the film as less scandalous and daring than the Argentinian-born French director.s previous efforts such as Irreversible (2002) and Enter The Void (2009).
.Even though one critic labelled Love the director.s tamest film, it hardly is that, considering the numerous, extremely graphic sex scenes in which nothing is left to the imagination,. Deadline.com.s Pete Hammond wrote.
- 5/21/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Following on from his controversial "Irreversible" and "Enter the Void," filmmaker Gaspar Noe returned to the Cannes Film Festival this week with the sexually explicit ode to young romance and threesomes with "Love".
What makes "Love" unique is that along with being sexually explicit in a way so distinct to Noe, it has also been done in 3D. The first reviews are out and go into detail about what to expect in terms of the graphic nature of the film, though actual review reaction has sadly not been great.
The film centers around three people - young American film buff Murphy (Karl Glusman), brunette French artist and free spirit Electra (Aomi Muyock) with whom he has had a passionate romance, and his neighbour Omi (Klara Kristin) the blond woman he cheated with and got pregnant. The structure is carved up and jumps through different points in time over a two year span.
What makes "Love" unique is that along with being sexually explicit in a way so distinct to Noe, it has also been done in 3D. The first reviews are out and go into detail about what to expect in terms of the graphic nature of the film, though actual review reaction has sadly not been great.
The film centers around three people - young American film buff Murphy (Karl Glusman), brunette French artist and free spirit Electra (Aomi Muyock) with whom he has had a passionate romance, and his neighbour Omi (Klara Kristin) the blond woman he cheated with and got pregnant. The structure is carved up and jumps through different points in time over a two year span.
- 5/21/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Read More: Cannes Review: Hardcore Sex Isn't the Craziest Thing About Gaspar Noé's 3D 'Love' After last night's dizzying, electric midnight premiere of the 3D laced-in-pornography "Love," Argentinean-French shock-director Gaspar Noé was light and direct at today's midday press conference, fending questions about sex, love and 3D. Accompanied by his actors, Karl Glusman, Aomi Muyock and Klara Kristin (the latter two actresses making their film debuts), and speaking mostly in French (with a few stray responses in English), Noé's answers focused on feelings, censorship, and feelings on censorship. Below are the top highlights from the discussion. Transgression (Or Lack Thereof) in "Love"Answering a journalist's question about transgression in "Love," Noé said, "I don't have the impression that there's any transgression in the film," and cited the precedents of Pasolini and Buñuel, remarking that...
- 5/21/2015
- by Diana Drumm
- Indiewire
Stars of Gaspar Noé's Love, Aomi Muyock and Klara Kristin in Cannes. Photo: Richard Mowe Gaspar Noé is no stranger to controversy - and neither is Cannes Film Festival. Surrounded by hardcore hype, Noé who made Irreversible, with Monica Bellucci in an extended rape scene, as well as Enter The Void, now offers Love - in graphic 3D.
He has been talking for years about making a porn film that is also romantic and embraces sexuality in all its myriad guises and this would appear to be it.
It premiered at a packed midnight screening last night in the Grand Theatre Lumière and was unveiled to the media earlier today (May 21) to a mixture of boos and mild appreciation from some quarters.
Love director Gaspar Noé: "Sex is present in everyone’s life whatever their preferences" Photo: Richard Mowe It has no star names - American actor Karl Glusman...
He has been talking for years about making a porn film that is also romantic and embraces sexuality in all its myriad guises and this would appear to be it.
It premiered at a packed midnight screening last night in the Grand Theatre Lumière and was unveiled to the media earlier today (May 21) to a mixture of boos and mild appreciation from some quarters.
Love director Gaspar Noé: "Sex is present in everyone’s life whatever their preferences" Photo: Richard Mowe It has no star names - American actor Karl Glusman...
- 5/21/2015
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
[This review contains descriptions of graphic sexual acts.] Cannes — The first shot of Gaspar Noé’s new drama “Love” lets you know exactly what you’ve gotten yourself into. Murphy (Karl Glusman) and Electra (Aomi Muyock) are naked on a bed. She is giving him a hand job while he fingers her. The camera does not move. There is no cut to another shot. There is no music. And then, in what will be a common occurrence, Murphy ejaculates in Electra’s hand. Noé has given you ample warning of what’s ahead. This film will not simulate sex. The intercourse will be real and it will dominate the proceedings. After this initial scene the film jumps two years later and the actual narrative begins. Murphy, an American film student living in Paris, awakens in bed with his current companion, Omi (Klara Kristin). Their young son is crying and Murphy goes to try and calm him down. A...
- 5/21/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
Exclusive: Wild Bunch sells Cannes title in more than 36 territories.
Wild Bunch has secured a slew of sales on Gaspar Noé’s steamy 3D Love, which rocked the Cannes Film Festival’s Palais du Cinema in the early hours of this morning (May 21).
One of the hottest red carpet tickets on the Croisette this week, Noé’s take on the intoxicating nature of love premiered in a packed out screening at the Grand Théâtre Lumière in a Midnight Screening.
The film stars Karl Glusman as Murphy, a young American reminiscing over an intense affair he had in Paris with Electra, played by Aomi Muyock, whose suggestion they try out a threesome with Omi (Klara Kristin) ultimately unravelled their relationship.
Its sexually explicit content, which might pose a problem in a handful of territories such as the Us, does not appeared to have deterred buyers, although whether they opt for the X-rated version of the artwork remains to be seen...
Wild Bunch has secured a slew of sales on Gaspar Noé’s steamy 3D Love, which rocked the Cannes Film Festival’s Palais du Cinema in the early hours of this morning (May 21).
One of the hottest red carpet tickets on the Croisette this week, Noé’s take on the intoxicating nature of love premiered in a packed out screening at the Grand Théâtre Lumière in a Midnight Screening.
The film stars Karl Glusman as Murphy, a young American reminiscing over an intense affair he had in Paris with Electra, played by Aomi Muyock, whose suggestion they try out a threesome with Omi (Klara Kristin) ultimately unravelled their relationship.
Its sexually explicit content, which might pose a problem in a handful of territories such as the Us, does not appeared to have deterred buyers, although whether they opt for the X-rated version of the artwork remains to be seen...
- 5/21/2015
- ScreenDaily
Okay, maybe it's a bit unfair to just call Gaspar Noe's new film Love a flat out porno without digging into the question of what is and isn't pornographic, but it sure as hell seems to suggest that's the case. After all, if the argument that it isn't pornography stems from the fact it has a story and porn films don't I think we're now arguing more over the quality of the filmmaking than the whether or not the film has a story or not. Granted, a horny housewife answering the front door and inviting the pizza man in for a little bit a touch, tumble and tickle might not exactly be the pinnacle of storytelling, but neither was Hot Pursuit so what the hell are you going to doc As for Love, it's premiering at the Cannes Film Festival this week and a few more details have arrived such...
- 5/19/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Open Road is understood to have paid in the region of $4m for Us rights to Bleed For This starring Miles Teller.
The drama is in post and tells the story of the Italian-American world boxing champion who recovered from a broken neck sustained in a car accident and went on to win another title.
The Solution Entertainment Group handles international sales and Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel are executive producers.
CAA and Wme Global jointly represented Us rights. Open Road pounced after watching the promo but will not set a release date until after delivery.
That means there could be an awards season campagin this year or in 2016. If Bleed For This does open this year it would be the second high-profile drama about a boxer; the other being Southpaw, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal and will open in the Us via TWC on July 24.
Meanwhile Alchemy has confirmed its Us buy on Gaspar Noé’s Cannes...
The drama is in post and tells the story of the Italian-American world boxing champion who recovered from a broken neck sustained in a car accident and went on to win another title.
The Solution Entertainment Group handles international sales and Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel are executive producers.
CAA and Wme Global jointly represented Us rights. Open Road pounced after watching the promo but will not set a release date until after delivery.
That means there could be an awards season campagin this year or in 2016. If Bleed For This does open this year it would be the second high-profile drama about a boxer; the other being Southpaw, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal and will open in the Us via TWC on July 24.
Meanwhile Alchemy has confirmed its Us buy on Gaspar Noé’s Cannes...
- 5/17/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Alchemy has confirmed yesterday’s news that it acquired U.S. rights to Gaspar Noé's latest, Love. The sexual melodrama has a Midnight Screening berth here in Cannes on Wednesday. In 3D, it stars Karl Glusman, Aomi Muyock and Klara Kristin. Noé is best known to worldwide audiences for 2002's controversial Irreversible; he was last in Cannes in 2012 with Un Certain Regard omnibus 7 Days In Havana. Love's story follows a man over the course of a long rainy day as he…...
- 5/17/2015
- Deadline
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