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Why Not: A Serenade of Eschatological Ecology

Feb 11, 1970 · 1h 50m
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Why Not is hypnotic, compulsive and claustrophobic. It is bathed in a cold, pervasive eroticism, which, oblique and displaced at first, finally becomes explicit in one of the most bizarre masturbation sequences ever filmed. For almost two hours, we observe a young, strikingly pretty girl, nude most of the time and alone in an apartment, engaged in a sonambulistic and sensuous attempt at coming to terms with herself.

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CAST

Madeline Gins
The Narrator (voice)
Mary Window
Directed by Shûsaku Arakawa

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EN
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Country
US
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