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| | The unkindest cut of all? : In the Realm of the Senses |
 | | The contributors to 'Senses of Cinema' do their best to unpack the meanings of filmic texts, to make sense of them, but also try to explore their sights and sounds, to identify their appeal to the senses. |
 | | Oshima's essay in pornography, In the Realm of the Senses, presents the full gamut of sensory experience - adding taste, touch and smell to sight and sound - and provokes a plethora of interpretations. |
 | | Both the English and French titles connect the senses to the state, via the words realm and empire, conjuring up memories of Imperial Japan as well as suggesting the majesty and oppressiveness of life under the sway of the senses, life ruled exclusively by sensual indulgence, sensory experience or semantics. |
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