Hello and welcome to the worst movie of all time. In fact as soon as the film was mentioned in class there was a quite audible groan that emanated from every corner of the room. We have quite a diverse class, with students of wide varying ages who come from a wide variety of hometowns with a wide ranging variety of taste. And yet we all, or at least all who were vocal in class, unanimously disliked this film, including me. But yet we all still have such vivid memories of it. I don't know about everyone else, but I have a tendency to block out things like this and yet I've never been able to block out this film. And no one else has been able to either. So what does that imply? Is it possible that there is a good element to be found in this celluloid disaster? Or perhaps we all are just attracted to the excess of sex? And is that a bad thing?
It certainly worked in Daphnis and Chloe. And ever since reading Daphni and Chloe I can't help but see the myriad of connections that are played out between the story and the movie. Young lovers exploring their sexuality, facing trials and tribulations, pirates (my personal favorite element of every story. Thanks Johnny Depp!). So it's obviously an age old truth: Sex Sells.
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