Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Karen sees the movie "Kinsey"

GO SEE THIS MOVIE. It is worth the time and effort to find it.

Here is Roger Ebert's review.

Here is the Internet Movie DataBase's information about the movie.

I wrote a little review of the book it is based on:

Kinsey: Sex - The Measure of All Things by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy. I've really enjoyed reading this book, long as it is. It is the antidote to the nasty biography written by James Jones. I think it is more accurate, certainly less opinionated and better substantiated than the Jones book. I recommend it highly to anyone who is interested in the estimable Dr. Kinsey.

Don't forget to stay after for the credits! While they are rolling, footage of actual Kinsey Institute film archives are shown, of various animals mating. The first is little Dr. Shadle's porcupines mating, and it is very sweet.

The film is rated R, mostly for nudity (including male frontal nudity). Not much language, very little violence. An extraordinary movie about an extraordinary man.