Baise-Moi (Rape Me)

This is possibly the grittiest film i've ever seen. I was a projectionist over 20 years, so I've seen a lot of film. I did not "like" it, but I don't think it was meant to be liked. It shows graphically the dehumanizing effects of the current global economics and moral decay that is a side effect of that fact. The graphic sex is integral to this portrayal. I have to admit I was actually sympathetic to these women, in spite of the horrific acts. There is not one male in evidence that deserves such sympathy. If we are honest, these people and events are not far removed from any society on the planet. It took a courageous filmmaker to present it to us.

i didn’t come up with the above comparison but it seems to fit pretty nicely. Totally nihilistic and into killing just for the sake of killing.

The book was incendiary like the movie.

"Baise-Moi" (Rape Me), is billed as shocking and exhilarating however, I found it to be neither. Virginie Despentes' writing style (perhaps due to being translated) holds no shocks or punches. This novel is decently paced if at times it seems to be reaching for the shock value. At times the main characters, Nadine and Manu come off as caricatures of bad girl archetypes that are neither inventive nor are they new. I hope (and to give credit to Despentes) that when read in the original language the book retains more of a literary punch. Overall I was unimpressed with both the book and the hype.

Really.

Maybe it’s just a bad translation but the characters, story, and descriptions of constant violence are just….strange. What was the point?

Virginie Despentes is an anti-stylist. In her prose, she tries to capture the rhythm of the popular, nonliterary mind. She's against aestheticism and the literary aesthetic, much like the avant-garde writer Cathy Acker was. What she hopes to do in this book is to enter directly into the minds of alienated, abject characters, without poeticizing them. This is a very difficult task, and she succeeds beautifully. The translator tried to match this naked, gritty voice as exactly as possible. Those readers who didn't like the book or its style obviously didn't get it, or had to shut their minds off to this harrowing experience of alienation. But this is a very human, deeply touching book. It's brave and uncompromising. The French understood this, but the book has been sadly neglected in this country.

A pointless book, the characters are flat with no discernible personalities. It would have been more interesting as a dry case study; these are the circumstances and these are the actions and reactions. I had no desire to know any of the people.

Did not enjoy the brutality, red about 1/3, and I had to delete it Would like to get my a refund Finn

-100 stars for the horrid translation. Such a beautiful book nearly ruined by a lazy translator. Despite that creton, read this book!

Ich habe dieses Buch in seiner englischen Übersetzung gelesen. Es ist verständlich, dass es damals zu einer Empörung kam, denn dieses Buch wurde bereits vor vielen Jahren geschrieben und war das erste Buch dieser neuen Schriftstellerin. Es fasziniert von vorn bis hinten allein durch seinen Stil. Warum man es immer noch lesen sollte? Die Autorin ist mittlerweile ein gefeierter Star in Frankreich. Provzierend schreibt sie immer noch. Ich denke, es lohnt sich zu den Anfängen ihrer Schreiberei zurückzukehren, wenn man die späteren Bücher sinnvoll einordnen will. Ein ganz großartiges Buch.

Was für ein Feuerwerk! Eine schwarze Komödie im Stil von Natural Born Killers, nur in Frankreich und mit 2 Frauen die Mickey und Mallory wie brave Kinder aussehen lassen. Ohne Angst und hemmungslos, mit viel Whisky und Hasch läuft die Story noch nicht mal für eine Woche, aber wird während der 241 Seiten nie langweilig. Nichts für empfindsame Gemüter, trockene Trinker oder Moralapostel. Empfehle zum vollen Genuss des Buches eine oder 2 Flaschen Whisky, je nachdem ob man schnell liest oder durstig ist.

what is this doing here? I (a) don't have it and (b) did not order it. again. kinda like the reverse of buying a software application and then being asked for the activation key every time you use it because the system doesn't remember you've paid for it and registered it. only in reverse.