Word: plot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...love with anyone else. Where the dynamic tension in Emmanuelle I was provided by the breakdown of Emmanuelle's inhibitions, the only tension in this film comes from outsiders who aren't quite sure how they feel about the whole scheme. But everyone gives in eventually, and the plot ends up with all the complexity of a 'See Spot Run' book--only this time it's 'See Emmanuelle Fuck.' Even if the cast can act (a dubious assertion), it's impossible to know for sure, since the film makes no demands of such talent. It may be a nice...
Like Just Jaeckin, who directed the first Emmanuelle, Francois Giacobetti chose to set his film in the exotic Orient, where scenes of ethnic oddities serve as the background to this very weak plot. But where Jaeckin tried to use Bangkok to show the decadence of the French diplomatic corps, Giacobetti's Hong Kong is merely an angle through which to provide new combinations of multiracial sex. Only the photography is beautiful, with occasional panoramic views of the harbor filled with sampans relieving the tedium of those human characters...
Unfortunately his scheme plays into the hands of various nationalist groups, militant Zionists, assorted terrorists and some people who are not what they seem to be. The novel's plot is complicated, although not intricate. Canfield's arrogance and pride cause moral blind spots that bring about his downfall. Agnew's characters are stiff in the joints but serviceable. The settings -Washington, Iran, the interior of Air Force Two-are described with cursory authority, while Agnew's descriptions of beautiful women are done with lingering attention to detail...
What the University plans to do with the plot remains unclear. It originally made the purchase to build a student center there, but the land is much too small for anything of that size. And it does, make a pleasant garden--many of the liberators' comments Sunday centered on the nice job the Fly Club has done on upkeep. When one frisbee player suggested a slight dip in the ground was dangerous, another responded, "But it's perfect for croquet...
None of the students who climbed the fence into the garden on Sunday are sure what will happen next. Many of them last week discussed possibly liberating the plot every Sunday afternoon, but said the pressure of reading period may force them to wait till next fall to take further action. Certainly, they aren't releasing their plans--the demonstration last Sunday was announced by anonymous leaflets spread through the University dining halls that morning. But the organizers vow they won't sit back and leave the garden to the Fly Club, no matter what the University decides...