Ripples

By

Ian Magor

 

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The portrayal of desire on the cinema screen is necessarily problematic. Too often it is an assertion of masculine power, sometimes an idealised notion of romance, rarely the reality of sagging mattresses and aching muscles. Chantal Akerman’s ‘Je, tu, il, elle’ is set alongside two typical Hollywood portrayals of sexual passion.