tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post7901327306879472242..comments2024-01-15T05:26:06.518+00:00Comments on THOUGHTS OF XANADU: Woman In The DunesKubla Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-8695387550600411502007-10-27T18:51:00.000+01:002007-10-27T18:51:00.000+01:00Yes, you are very right. the sexual expression as ...Yes, you are very right. the sexual expression as the will to survive.....very well said. yes, i was aware of the Abe novel and like yourself, always wanted to read it.Kubla Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-89605152156638328872007-10-27T18:14:00.000+01:002007-10-27T18:14:00.000+01:00this is one of my favourite films as well. you hav...this is one of my favourite films as well. you have delineated very nicely what is so great about it...<BR/><BR/>To the Sisyphean narrative it adds its own dark view of human sexuality too. that's what makes it so disconcerting and unsettling - the sexual impulse as the expression of the will to survive even in the face or irrationality, hopelessness and absurdity.<BR/><BR/>It is actually based on a novel of the same name by Kobo Abe. Always wanted to read it.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.com