Jay is a bartender who abandoned his family because his wife lost interest in him and their relationship. Now living alone in a decrepit house, he has casual weekly sex with an anonymous woman, whose name he does not know. At first, their relationship is purely physical, but he eventually falls in love with her.
Wanting to know more about her, Jay follows her across the streets of London to the grey suburbs where she lives. He then follows her to a pub theatre where she is working as an actress in the evenings. Jay learns that her name is Claire, and she has a husband and a son. Subsequently, it is made clear to Jay that Claire will not leave her family. They meet for a final time and have sex with an intimacy that has been missing during the sex sessions of their previous encounters.
Intimacy was placed at 91 on Slant Magazine's best films of the 2000s.[6]
In a 2001 lengthy column for The Guardian, Alexander Linklater described the jealousy he experienced when his partner Kerry Fox took the real-sex role in this movie. Linklater concludes that he accepted the unsimulated oral scene, but he insists that the sexual intercourse is an illusion.[3] Nevertheless, critics have declared its realist tendencies. Linda Williams, for instance, writes that "Intimacy opens with urgent, hurried and explicit penetrative sex"[7] and Tanya Krzywinska writes that in this first scene "the spectator is left in little doubt that penetration has occurred".[8]
In a 2015 interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mark Rylance spoke of his experience on the film. At the time of the film’s release, talk of the film’s unsimulated sex scenes in tabloids added stress on his marriage. Rylance commented, "It soured me on my life two months. It’s my mistake, but I felt Patrice [Chéreau] put undue pressure on me on set to do that. And at that point I didn’t have the confidence as a film actor to say no. Now I think a lot of actors that people say are difficult are actually just being sensible.”[9]
^. whatculture.com. 14 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021.
^Quandt, James (February 2004). . ArtForum. Archived from the original on 10 August 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
^"Best of the Aughts: Film". Slant Magazine. 7 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
^Williams, Linda (22 April 2008). "Hard-Core Art Film: The Contemporary Realm of the Senses". issuu.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^Tulloch, John; Middleweek, Belinda (2017). Real Sex Films: The New Intimacy and Risk in Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 97. ISBN978-0190244613.
^Goldman, Andrew (5 March 2015). "Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance Star in PBS Masterpiece's 'Wolf Hall'". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
^"Prizes & Honours 2001". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
Further reading
Frey, Mattias. (2016) Extreme Cinema: The Transgressive Rhetoric of Today’s Art Film Culture. London: Rutgers University Press.
Krzywinska, Tanya. (2006) Sex and the Cinema. London: Wallflower.
Palmer, Tim. (2011) Brutal Intimacy: Analyzing Contemporary French Cinema. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press.
Williams, Linda. (2007) ‘Hard-Core Art Film: The Contemporary Realm of the Senses’, Quaderns portàtils, (13), pp. 1–20.
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Intimacy is a 2001 erotic drama film directed by Patrice Chereau from a screenplay he co wrote with Anne Louise Trividic based on stories by Hanif Kureishi who also wrote a novel of the same title It stars Kerry Fox and Mark Rylance The film is an international co production between France the United Kingdom Germany and Italy 2 featuring a soundtrack of pop songs from the 1970s and 1980s Intimacy contains an unsimulated fellatio scene by Fox on Rylance 3 4 A French dubbed version features voice actors Jean Hugues Anglade and Nathalie Richard IntimacyFrench theatrical release posterDirected byPatrice ChereauScreenplay byAnne Louise TrividicPatrice ChereauBased onIntimacyby Hanif KureishiProduced byPatrick CassavettiJacques HinstinStarringKerry FoxMark RylanceTimothy SpallPhilippe CalvarioAlastair GalbraithMarianne FaithfullCinematographyFrancois GedigierEdited byKaren Lindsay StewartMusic byEric NeveuxProductioncompaniesTelemaStudioCanalArte France CinemaFrance 2 CinemaWDR ArteMikado FilmAzor FilmsDistributed byBAC Films France Pathe Distribution United Kingdom Prokino Filmverleih Germany Mikado Film Italy Release dates20 January 2001 2001 01 20 Sundance 28 March 2001 2001 03 28 France 4 May 2001 2001 05 04 Italy 7 June 2001 2001 06 07 Germany 27 July 2001 2001 07 27 United Kingdom Running time107 minutes119 minutes France CountriesFranceUnited KingdomGermanyItalyLanguageEnglishBox office 2 7 million 1 The film has been associated with the New French Extremity 5 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 Awards 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksPlot EditJay is a bartender who abandoned his family because his wife lost interest in him and their relationship Now living alone in a decrepit house he has casual weekly sex with an anonymous woman whose name he does not know At first their relationship is purely physical but he eventually falls in love with her Wanting to know more about her Jay follows her across the streets of London to the grey suburbs where she lives He then follows her to a pub theatre where she is working as an actress in the evenings Jay learns that her name is Claire and she has a husband and a son Subsequently it is made clear to Jay that Claire will not leave her family They meet for a final time and have sex with an intimacy that has been missing during the sex sessions of their previous encounters Cast EditKerry Fox as Claire Mark Rylance as Jay Susannah Harker as Susan Jay s wife Alastair Galbraith as Victor Philippe Calvario as Ian Timothy Spall as Andy Claire s husband Marianne Faithfull as Betty Fraser Ayres as Dave Michael Fitzgerald as bar owner Robert Addie as bar owner Rebecca Palmer as Pam girl in squatReception EditIntimacy was placed at 91 on Slant Magazine s best films of the 2000s 6 In a 2001 lengthy column for The Guardian Alexander Linklater described the jealousy he experienced when his partner Kerry Fox took the real sex role in this movie Linklater concludes that he accepted the unsimulated oral scene but he insists that the sexual intercourse is an illusion 3 Nevertheless critics have declared its realist tendencies Linda Williams for instance writes that Intimacy opens with urgent hurried and explicit penetrative sex 7 and Tanya Krzywinska writes that in this first scene the spectator is left in little doubt that penetration has occurred 8 In a 2015 interview with The Wall Street Journal Mark Rylance spoke of his experience on the film At the time of the film s release talk of the film s unsimulated sex scenes in tabloids added stress on his marriage Rylance commented It soured me on my life two months It s my mistake but I felt Patrice Chereau put undue pressure on me on set to do that And at that point I didn t have the confidence as a film actor to say no Now I think a lot of actors that people say are difficult are actually just being sensible 9 Awards EditIntimacy won the Golden Bear for Best Film and the Silver Bear for Best Actress Kerry Fox at the Berlin Film Festival in 2001 10 See also EditUnsimulated sexReferences Edit Intimacy 2001 Box Office Mojo Retrieved 18 April 2022 Intimite 2002 British Film Institute Retrieved 18 April 2022 a b Dangerous liaisons TheGuardian com 22 June 2001 Intimacy whatculture com 14 February 2016 Archived from the original on 6 December 2021 Quandt James February 2004 Flesh amp blood sex and violence in recent French cinema ArtForum Archived from the original on 10 August 2004 Retrieved 10 July 2008 Best of the Aughts Film Slant Magazine 7 February 2010 Retrieved 10 February 2010 Williams Linda 22 April 2008 Hard Core Art Film The Contemporary Realm of the Senses issuu com Retrieved 30 January 2022 Tulloch John Middleweek Belinda 2017 Real Sex Films The New Intimacy and Risk in Cinema Oxford University Press p 97 ISBN 978 0190244613 Goldman Andrew 5 March 2015 Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance Star in PBS Masterpiece s Wolf Hall The Wall Street Journal ISSN 0099 9660 Retrieved 11 October 2022 Prizes amp Honours 2001 www berlinale de Retrieved 11 October 2022 Further reading EditFrey Mattias 2016 Extreme Cinema The Transgressive Rhetoric of Today s Art Film Culture London Rutgers University Press Krzywinska Tanya 2006 Sex and the Cinema London Wallflower Palmer Tim 2011 Brutal Intimacy Analyzing Contemporary French Cinema Middletown CT Wesleyan University Press Williams Linda 2007 Hard Core Art Film The Contemporary Realm of the Senses Quaderns portatils 13 pp 1 20 External links EditIntimacy at IMDb Intimacy at AllMovie Intimacy at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Intimacy 2001 film amp oldid 1136054498, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
