1 | Euroshlock refers to a number of European arthouse films built around depictions of transgressive material that may shock and/or offend audiences. Often there is explicit sexual content ([[MaleGaze generally female]]). {{Gorn}} may also appear. The content of these films may be maudlin in tone and have the [[UnfortunateImplications unfortunate message]] that "depraved" sex will lead to misery and death. |
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3 | Creator/GasparNoe, Creator/LarsVonTrier, Creator/MichaelHaneke, Creator/PierPaoloPasolini, and Creator/CatherineBreillat are names associated with these films. France and Italy are also associated with the genre. Early example of this trope can be found in the 70s with Pier's ''Film/SaloOrThe120DaysOfSodom'', Thierry Zeno's ''Film/VaseDeNoces'', Dusan Makavejev's ''Film/SweetMovie'' and Creator/BernardoBertolucci's ''Film/LastTangoInParis''. It has seen a resurgence in the 2000s. |
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5 | Contrast: |
6 | * LeFilmArtistique: Opaque, incomprehensible, and monochrome. |
7 | * ExploitationFilm: Emphasizes over-the-top violence, gore, sexuality, and has a more morbid nature. |
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9 | '''Films associated with this genre:''' |
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11 | [[index]] |
12 | * Anything by Creator/GasparNoe. |
13 | * ''Film/{{Caligula}}'', of course. The writer was American, the director, setting and filming-location Italian, and the actors British. |
14 | * ''Film/FunnyGames'' |
15 | * ''Film/TheGreenElephant'' |
16 | * ''Film/HighTension'': It has a lot of the elements of Euroshlock, {{Gorn}}, a DownerEnding, and LeaveTheCameraRunning (Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, the beginning is hilarious), but it is has elements of a standard SlasherFilm with a GenreShift to action and another GenreShift to PsychologicalHorror at the end. |
17 | * ''Film/TheHumanCentipede'' |
18 | * ''Film/InTheRealmOfTheSenses'' is an odd example. The film is Japanese-language, set in Japan and by a Japanese director, but because of the ban on depictions of genitalia, it was listed as a French production and the final editing was completed there. |
19 | * ''Film/KenPark'' |
20 | * ''Film/LastTangoInParis'' - Arguably the TropeMaker. |
21 | * ''Film/ManBitesDog'' |
22 | * ''Film/{{Martyrs}}'' |
23 | * ''{{Film/Nekromantik}}'' |
24 | * ''Film/ThePianoTeacher'' |
25 | * ''Film/{{Possession}}'' |
26 | * ''Film/{{Romance}}'' |
27 | * ''Film/SaloOrThe120DaysOfSodom'' |
28 | * ''Film/ASerbianFilm'' |
29 | * ''Film/SweetMovie'' |
30 | * ''Film/WRMysteriesOfTheOrganism'' |
31 | [[/index]] |
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34 | !!Tropes common to these films: |
35 | * {{Anvilicious}} |
36 | * CrapsackWorld |
37 | * DeliberatelyMonochrome |
38 | * DownerEnding |
39 | * EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory |
40 | * {{Gorn}} |
41 | * GrayAndGrayMorality |
42 | * HumansAreBastards |
43 | * ItsNotPornItsArt |
44 | * LeaveTheCameraRunning |
45 | * LeFilmArtistique |
46 | * MaleFrontalNudity |
47 | * NauseaFuel |
48 | * {{Squick}} |
49 | * TrueArtIsAngsty |
50 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic |
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