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Back in 1984 when I was attending CEGEP at Dawson Collage in Montreal,I had the pleasure of taking a course titled Film Nouveau taught by Mr. Kazoom.It was there that I got to view Mother's meat and meet with the director.The film itself at first viewing was not that impressive and I found that it was evident that this was an art film by a first time director who was eager to display all his known filming techniques.Now 16 years later it has occurred to me that the film,unlike so many other films that I have seen is still quite memorable,the scenes where the fish is placed on the table and the dining room scene are still fresh in my mind today.If you are the kind of person who enjoys art films then I recommend this film to you;there are many parts of the film that escape my memory,but the fact that many scenes are still crisp in my mind that one has to admit that the director did indeed create art on film and for this he should be proud.I hope to see this film again if the opportunity ever arises again.

21 years ago the film was irritating,painful and even embarrassing to watch. Upon a recent re-screening of the film I have found that time has been very kind to it. In fact it is a whole different and competent film in the year 2005. In 1984 it was something stuck in the twilight between John Waters "in bad taste", and art-house gay European cinema that was in its heyday during the early to mid 1980's, throw in a bit of the Andy Warhol, Paul Morrissey, Factory NYC underground "Super Star" system of casting with regards to Esther Vargas, "Mother's Meat" female lead. Now the film stands on it own with some time and distance form those other schools of gender cinema. "Mother's Meat& Freud's Flesh" number 3 fan and its director, Demetri Estdelacropolis