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| - | '''Immoral Tales''' (original [[French language|French]] title ''Contes immoraux'') is a [[1974]] film directed by [[Walerian Borowczyk]], produced by [[Anatole Dauman]] and written by [[André Pieyre de Mandiargues]]. | + | A [[speech]] or section used as an [[introduction]], especially to a [[play]] or [[novel]]. |
| - | The film ''Immoral Tales'' is composed of four stories set in four different epochs. Each story starts with a written [[prologue]]. The film was lauded by some for its unique [[surrealism and film|surrealist]] vision and derided by others as [[pornography]]. However, in contrast to the aesthetics of modern visual pornography, its [[porno chic]] imagery is found [[disturbing]], rather than amusing, by many viewers. The film is in French, also with [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] dialogues. | + | {{GFDL}} |
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| - | ''Immoral Tales'' was conceived in [[1973]] as a film of six stories. The other two were also filmed, but ''[[Une collection particulière]]'' was released as a separate short, and the footage of ''La véritable historie de la bête du Gévaudan'' became the dream sequence of the feature-length ''[[The Beast]]'' (1975). | + | |
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A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
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