# Rape Film...(festival? Can I have a better word, please?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268 "2013-05-13T22:24:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/41 "2013-05-15T19:36:54Z")
[Thriller: They Call Her One-Eye](http://youtu.be/Q9xEsmaZ5_w) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/42 "2013-05-15T19:43:41Z")
[Salvador](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091886/). I remember when reports about the nuns first came across the news. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/43 "2013-05-17T11:53:11Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > [Town Without Pity](http://youtu.be/B-Csz4J5V38) a German woman is raped (no doubt about it) by 3 GI’s. We’re supposed to root for them because the Army wants to come down on them like a ton of bricks to appease the local Germans (who, after all started WWII), but are saved by lawyer Kirk “not quite _Paths of Glory_; more like the creep who raped teenage Natalie Wood” Douglas. I did download and watch this movie. It’s so full of moral ambiguities I wouldn’t know how to summarize it, but I disagree with Slithy Tove. Lawyer Kirk makes clear he’s just doing his job. He’s not trying to acquit the rapists, just get them 20 years of hard labor rather than death penalty. None of the rapists are depicted sympathetically except the one who is apparently impotent. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/44 "2013-05-17T15:59:53Z")
[The Stendhal Syndrome.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117658/?ref_=sr_1) ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/45 "2013-05-17T23:16:32Z")
> [@pohjonen](#): > > [Speak](http://www.amazon.com/Speak-Kristen-Stewart/dp/B000A7Q2I2/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1368644945&sr=1-1&keywords=speak) with Kristen Stewart turning in a quite acceptable performance . I cam ein to mention Speak. It’s really good. The book is also great. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/46 "2013-05-18T00:02:19Z")
Another one off YouTube [A Woman in Berlin](http://youtu.be/S_gUVuajkEs), about the Soviet soldiers. The whole rape/revenge genre has its merits and an ancient tradition in literature, but at this movie’s core is why rape is so terrible: “I’m going to do this to you and there’s nothing you can do about it.” As rape survivors have told me, the actuall assault itself is blotted from the mind, but the dread and the helplessness is what is most traumatic. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/47 "2013-05-18T03:02:46Z")
[Hounddog](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415856/?ref_=sr_1) What a depressing movie… ---
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/48 "2013-05-18T18:32:06Z")
[Buster and Billie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_and_Billie) One of the first films to show full frontal male nudity. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/49 "2013-05-18T19:11:42Z")
_The Prince of Tides_. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/50 "2013-05-20T01:54:58Z")
> [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](#): > > [Buster and Billie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_and_Billie) > > One of the first films to show full frontal male nudity. I saw it when it was first-run. That movie depressed the hell out of me for days afterward. I have two to add: _The Secret In Their Eyes_ has a truly horrific rape scene. and _Cracker_: toward the end of the run of this excellent mid-90’s British miniseries with Robbie Coltrane, the female lead character was raped; the consequences were played out over three or four episodes, with a stunning denouement. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/52 "2014-01-29T21:24:06Z")
Billy Jack ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/53 "2014-01-29T21:26:10Z")
Uh, OK. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/54 "2014-01-29T21:29:26Z")
Look at that. **Marley** banned the whole board again. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/55 "2014-01-29T21:53:26Z")
That was quick. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/56 "2014-01-29T21:56:53Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Look at that. **Marley** banned the whole board again. 😃 The posts are gone. Just to explain, a new poster( **SDMB** ), came in firing off some rather extreme insults and Marley banned him. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/57 "2014-01-29T22:00:35Z")
[Paris Trout](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102638/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/58 "2014-01-30T02:20:35Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Preminger’s [Anatomy of a Murder](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052561/) pushed the envelope back in 1959. Not just concerning rape, but all sorts of previously taboo topics. I remember doing a double take when they mentioned semen. I did not know it was even legal for them to mention words like that in movies of that era. I guess that Jimmy Stewart offset it. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/59 "2014-01-30T02:22:45Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > The posts are gone. > Just to explain, a new poster( **SDMB** ), came in firing off some rather extreme insults and Marley banned him. Banning the SDMB is kind of my thing. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/60 "2014-01-30T08:17:21Z")
So was he pro-rape filmfest or con-rape filmfest? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268/61 "2014-01-30T13:57:09Z")
I missed the deleted posts, but I’m glad he revived the thread: I have an awful, awful entry found on Youtube: [The Beat Generation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3ewwcz3tZA) from 1959. (I know - an exploitation picture about beatniks that opens with Louis Armstrong playing Dixieland probably didn’t do its homework) But Ray Danton’s nihilistic diatribes are worth fast-forwarding to savor. ETA: and hey, it’s now almost February! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-film-festival-can-i-have-a-better-word-please/658268.md?page=4)