IMDb - 4.6/10 (9 votes)
Ever heard about mixed reviews
? Here's a sample:[quote]Yes, "Georges Bataille's Story of the Eye" is a pornographic film. But not unlike "Last Tango in Paris," it is not pornographic for the sake of feeding audience depravity. As with the Bertolucci masterwork, it brilliantly shows what happens when one's physical appetite cannot be fulfilled. The results are either darkly comic and tragic, depending on the viewer's mindframe. But McElhinney's route to these results, as with the Bertolucci, is nothing short of stunning.
[ http://www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?Id=5907 ]
Would that some glimmer of style or originality appear in Georges Bataille's Story of the Eye, a wannabe-transgressive maladaptation of the surrealist novella, composed almost completely of three cringingly conventional, clumsily shot hardcore sex scenes. Add clunky symbolism (a man twiddles a joystick while watching freaky dancers) and clichéd stock-footage choices (human birth, the Zapruder film) and the result is relentless, pretentious tedium. Director Andrew Repasky McElhinney, who earned critical lauds for his Romero-esque A Chronicle of Corpses, appears to think this project is frightfully meaningful and audacious, but this skin-deep flick is merely art-school sophomoric, unwittingly cornball, and counterrevolutionary.
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I think both these reviewers are exaggerating. I liked it, but not more than a lesser Richard Kern work. And the ending almost wastes it.
And the ideas of naming it "Georges Bataille's Story of the Eye" (when it has NOTHING to do with the french guy oeuvre) it's bound to beget some disappointment for G.B. 's fanbase.
Also, a lot of reviews talk about "shock value" (in John Waters terms
), but I found nothing shocking about it - it's a relaxing quiet movie.It's not porn, but if you're annoyed by the sight of genitalia doing things together stay away from this.
I'm sharing it because someone already found it in my shared folders, so let's go.
Thanks to Muggz@DV for the rip!
[quote]Story Of The Eye (McElhinney - 2004).avi, 699Mb
video: 512x384 01:21:20 29.96fps XviD 1Mbps
audio: 48KHz 01:21:20 Stereo 123Kbps mp3[/quote]
THE LINK:
Story Of The Eye (McElhinney - 2004).avi 
we can try it, why not?
with a little phrase of Bataille at the start of the film... 