list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Human Nature on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Human_Nature/192604/default.aspx Title: Human Nature
Year: 2002
Director: Michel Gondry
Plot: Video director Michel Gondry and scriptwriter Charles Kaufman -- who shot to fame after penning Being John Malkovich -- collaborate on this bizarre fable about human behavior in and out of society. The film opens by quickly introducing the three leads -- Lila (Patricia Arquette) who is locked away in prison; Puff (Rhys Ifans) who is testifying before Congress; and Nathan Bronfman (Tim Robbins) who is sitting in a glowing white afterlife waiting room with a bullet hole in his head. Rewinding to the beginning of the story, the film shows Lila as a girl about to enter womanhood. Unfortunately, puberty goes horribly awry and she starts to grow thick hair all over her body. After performing as Queen Kong in a circus freak show, she chucks it all and goes to live in the forest, where she becomes the best-selling author of a misanthropic hard-line ecological tome. At age 30, her itch for male companionship becomes overwhelming and she ventures back into the city. She is helped by electrolysis guru Louise (Rosie Perez), who not only makes Lila presentable to society, but introduces her to Nathan, a 35-year-old virgin who, as a scientist, has devoted his life to teaching table etiquette to lab mice. While showing Nathan the joys of the wild outdoors, Lila and her new beau discover an extremely hirsute feral man whom they dub Puff. Placing him a cage in his lab, Nathan sets out to teach Puff the ways of polite society while dreaming of fame and fortune. The first task is to curb Puff's enormous sexual appetite -- any time he catches sight of a female, Puff either tries to hump her or masturbates vigorously. Nathan yokes him with an electric collar that shocks him any time he acts unseemly. Unfortunately, the humans on the other side of the cage can't quite control their libidos either: Nathan succumbs to the incessant double entendres of his saucy French assistant Gabrielle (Miranda Otto) while Lila finds an animalistic lust for Nathan's science experiment. This film was screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:17:31 GMTHuman Nature2002Michel GondryVideo director <a href="/players/P___290174/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Michel Gondry</a> and scriptwriter Charles Kaufman -- who shot to fame after penning <a href=/films/135033/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Being John Malkovich</a> -- collaborate on this bizarre fable about human behavior in and out of society. The film opens by quickly introducing the three leads -- Lila (<a href="/players/P_____2423/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Patricia Arquette</a>) who is locked away in prison; Puff (<a href="/players/P___223227/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Rhys Ifans</a>) who is testifying before Congress; and Nathan Bronfman (<a href="/players/P___108437/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tim Robbins</a>) who is sitting in a glowing white afterlife waiting room with a bullet hole in his head. Rewinding to the beginning of the story, the film shows Lila as a girl about to enter womanhood. Unfortunately, puberty goes horribly awry and she starts to grow thick hair all over her body. After performing as Queen Kong in a circus freak show, she chucks it all and goes to live in the forest, where she becomes the best-selling author of a misanthropic hard-line ecological tome. At age 30, her itch for male companionship becomes overwhelming and she ventures back into the city. She is helped by electrolysis guru Louise (<a href="/players/P___106101/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Rosie Perez</a>), who not only makes Lila presentable to society, but introduces her to Nathan, a 35-year-old virgin who, as a scientist, has devoted his life to teaching table etiquette to lab mice. While showing Nathan the joys of the wild outdoors, Lila and her new beau discover an extremely hirsute feral man whom they dub Puff. Placing him a cage in his lab, Nathan sets out to teach Puff the ways of polite society while dreaming of fame and fortune. The first task is to curb Puff's enormous sexual appetite -- any time he catches sight of a female, Puff either tries to hump her or masturbates vigorously. Nathan yokes him with an electric collar that shocks him any time he acts unseemly. Unfortunately, the humans on the other side of the cage can't quite control their libidos either: Nathan succumbs to the incessant double entendres of his saucy French assistant Gabrielle (<a href="/players/P____54440/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Miranda Otto</a>) while Lila finds an animalistic lust for Nathan's science experiment. This film was screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide2Slightly Tagged (1-5)1312http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t23684uivk2.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Human_Nature/192604/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/1/31/24581.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Making a “sweded” version of his own film’s trailer seems like such an obvious next step in Michel Gondry’s viral marketing of Be Kind Rewind. I can’t believe I didn’t see it coming. What’s next, self-”sweded” trailers for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep, Human Nature and Block Party? In case you haven’t been following the promotions for Gondry’s latest post-modern surrealist fantasy film and have no idea what “sweded” is, it refers to the cheaply produced remakes of Hollywood movies that Jack Black and Mos Def’s video clerk characters create in Be Kind Rewind in order to restock their store’s rental library after they accidentally erase all the originals. OK, that was a long sentence, and is probably confusing if you’re not at all familiar with this movie. So, check out the real trailer here, and acquaint yourself. (Then check out Karina’s November clip-of-the-day post about “sweded” trailers and posters and her early January BlogNosh post about fan-made “sweded” trailers.) (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:00:47 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com1/31/2008 2:00:47 PM Making a “sweded” version of his own film’s trailer seems like such an obvious next step in Michel Gondry’s viral marketing of Be Kind Rewind. I can’t believe I didn’t see it coming. What’s next, self-”sweded” trailers for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep, Human Nature and Block Party? In case you haven’t been following the promotions for Gondry’s latest post-modern surrealist fantasy film and have no idea what “sweded” is, it refers to the cheaply produced remakes of Hollywood movies that Jack Black and Mos Def’s video clerk characters create in Be Kind Rewind in order to restock their store’s rental library after they accidentally erase all the originals. OK, that was a long sentence, and is probably confusing if you’re not at all familiar with this movie. So, check out the real trailer here, and acquaint yourself. (Then check out Karina’s November clip-of-the-day post about “sweded” trailers and posters and her early January BlogNosh post about fan-made “sweded” trailers.) (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/sex/MemberTagFilms.aspxsex
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