The 2011 Shame DVD And Sex Addiction

By Raymond Campbell


Sex addiction is often a taboo topic when it comes to conversation. While this is the case, it is also one that needs to take place. When dealing with someone obsessed with sex, watching the Shame DVD can often be a great introduction for creating a conversation in this regard.

With regards to the film, it is a good overview of a how a sex addict has to deal with difficulties and interruptions. For, while the first ten to twenty minutes focus on the character in what appears to be moments after masturbation and orgasm, others see the scene differently. For example, some viewers have suggested the character merely appears to not be looking forward to a long day at work.

In fact, there are many areas of the film in which facial expressions and gestures are used rather than intense language or dialogue. In addition, what many agree is excellent cinematography and editing also play a vital role in bringing the plot and storyline to life. Still, most reviews suggest that the film would have been better with more dialogue.

It is most likely this lack of dialogue which resulted in a number of critics suggesting the film was the worse of 2011. For, while being Steve McQueen's second as a director, most feel it is nowhere as good as the first. The first being a film called Hunger. In that film, an Irish man goes on a hunger strike during an uprising in 1981.

Once the sister comes to stay, the man has to find alternative methods for satisfying an insatiable need for sex. For, the arrival and extended stay have taken away a great deal of privacy. As such, the character must find different places where privacy is available, even if at times risk getting caught by co-workers at work or staff at public venues.

For example, when engaged with others, the man has the ability to laugh, smile and converse with others on a social basis. Whereas, when the character has time alone, sex and orgasm are constant cravings. As such, imagination, magazines and online pornography are often costly and time consuming.

In fact, even when at work, it is hard for the character not to drift off and daydream either about a fellow co-worker or an online fantasy. As such, the addiction is far from private. For, it is during this time that addiction starts to become visible to others.

The audience often becomes aware of the character's love of sex at the beginning of the film. For, the opening scene shows a naked man, sheets pulled up, breathing intensely. As such, it appears as though the man has just masturbated or had a rather taxing sexual encounter.

Shame is a film which portrays sex addiction as being equal to that of a junkie in need of a fix. For, as with drug addiction, sex addiction interferes with all areas when it comes to the life of the character. In this regard, the film does a great job of highlighting difficulties in the life of a sex addict.




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