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Whore Glory
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Whores’ Glory is a 2011 documentary by Michael Glawogger . It shows the life of prostitutes from Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico.
The film is divided into three locally defined episodes: Bangkok ( Thailand ), Faridpur ( Bangladesh ) and Reynosa ( Mexico ).
The first part deals with the everyday work of prostitutes in Bangkok, in a brothel called the Fish Tank. The prostitutes sit in a brightly lit glass room and are chosen by clients by the number used to identify them.
The second part is about a vast brothel called the City of Joy, in the town of Faridpur, Bangladesh. There, 600 to 800 women work in a confined space. In one scene, a madame buying a prostitute from another madame haggles over the price of the girl.
The third part takes place in the city of Reynosa, near the Texas border. There it is common, as in other Mexican cities, to designate the legal areas for prostitution as zonas de tolerancia (tolerance zones). The entrance to the Zona is secured with barriers and is constantly monitored by the police.
Critics and audiences responded more with respect for Glawogger's self-described “cinematic triptych on prostitution” [1] than outright praise.
On RottenTomatoes.com, the film was given an 89% ranking by critics, with an average rating of 7.5/10. [2] On Metacritic , the has film a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on reviews from 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]
Andrew O’Hehir, writing for Salon , applauded “the film’s insistence that the women Glawogger meets...remain defiantly individual, even in the face of a system of sexual and economic exploitation they cannot (or at least do not) resist.” [4] Similarly, Stephen Holden, of the New York Times , [5] and Michael O'Sullivan, [6] of the Washington Post , praised the film for the non-judgmental stance it takes towards the sex workers it encounters.
Finally, critics seemed to praise both the remarkable amount of access granted to Glawogger in shooting Whores’ Glory and the hands-off approach he adopted. The film presents itself to its audience without the aid of narrations or commentary. [6] [7]
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4.3 out of 5 stars
75 ratings
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NR (Not Rated) Product Dimensions
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0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 Ounces Item model number
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26155590 Director
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Michael Glawogger Media Format
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Multiple Formats, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Surround Sound Run time
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1 hour and 59 minutes Release date
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January 8, 2013 Actors
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Michael Glawogger Dubbed:
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French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Bengali, Thai Subtitles:
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English Studio
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Kino Lorber ASIN
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B009NI2XKK Number of discs
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1
4.3 out of 5 stars
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Glawogger passes no judgment upon the prostitutes whose business his documentary describes, but neither does he pass any judgment upon the society that drives so many unfortunates to take up this line of work. The all-seeing unseeing eye of his camera observes these lives as though they take place in a fishbowl, isolated and insulated from us and incapable of having much of an impact on us by identifying with the humanity of its subjects. Indeed their humanity and the inward struggles and conflicts they must suffer are made invisible under Glawogger’s annealing lens. As soon as a suggestion of human conflict begins to congeal, Glawogger switches to another subject, another glossy frame, and the tension is lost. A year or more after watching it, only two women’s stories stand out in memory. One is a mother of several children in Faridpur, Bangladesh preparing to begin her day’s work on behalf of her family and a younger handsome boyfriend whom she supports and says she loves – flipframe, goodbye. Another is a sex-worker in Reynosa, Mexico who is the only prostitute who seemed to have gotten what she wanted from the job. She says that she is horny most of the time, that she “still likes cock, and I cum doing it,” – flipframe, goodbye.
This film is documentary film making at its best. I don't think it's possible to overrate this film. Just setting aside the content/narrative (which is intense, complex, beautifully and patiently told), the sheer beauty of the lighting will knock your socks off. I don't know how this film COULD have been made, let alone HOW it was made. This film also heavily blurs the line between candid moments and staged moments, the real and the fictitious, which is consistent with the content behind and within sex as a commodity, and in my view, an essential element in documentary film making. Just phenomenal.
From the trailer, this film looked like it had potential to be poignant and well-produced, but the storylines did not go anywhere. It ended up feeling exploitative of these women, just like the prostitution industry itself. This film does nothing for sex workers, and gives very little new perspective on the industry. I was disappointed.
From the first time I watched this I knew it was one to purchase. Thanx Amazon for carrying this title!!
A well done documentary about prostitution in 3 different countries.Not for children.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Heartbreaking
I don't really now how to review this one - it's amazingly shot and you gain so much insight into the reality of what prostitution is really like for most. It is nothing like Pretty Woman. However, Whore's Glory is not an easy thing to watch. It is so deeply tragic, and whatever your views on prostitution are, you will not be able to deny how sad it it. I converted the amount the women sell their bodies for in the film, if anyone's interested: 1,800 Thai Baht is £38.50 400 Mexican peso is £20 200 Bangladesh taka is about £1.60. Some of the women in the film put their price down to 50 taka, which is about £0.40p. For me, that really says it all. I am giving it four stars because of the sadness of it. It will deeply affect you and it is not particularly pleasant Saturday night viewing. I do not think that the fact that it's sad is a bad thing at all but if you do, then probably watch something else. An incredible piece of film.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Molto bello ma solo sottotitoli in tedesco
Questo documentario è molto ben fatto e interessante, come tutti quelli di Michael Glawogger. Lo avevo visto in televisione in italiano e pensavo che finalmente fosse uscito anche il BD in italiano, cosi lo ho comprato. Ma il BD è sottotitolato solo in tedesco, il che ne impedisce la fruizione a coloro che non sono abbastanza svelti con il tedesco da poter leggere i sottotitoli. Per questo motivo lo ho restituito, ma lascio 5 stelle perché il documentario è fatto molto bene e le merita. Il giorno che sarà distribuito coi sottotitoli in italiano lo comprerò certamente.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bildgewaltig und berührend
Mit sehr gekonnten und schönen Bildern bringt Michael Glawogger eine traurige und bedrückende Geschichte in europäische Wohnzimmer. Dabei enthält er sich jeglichen Kommentars und auch einer Wertung. Gerade dadurch bezieht der Film auch ganz klar Stellung. Er lässt nur die zu Wort kommen, die in dieser Welt leben. "Whores`Glory" ist ein Triptychon zur Prostitution. In drei Ländern ( Thailand, Bangladesch und Mexiko) zeigt der Film Frauen die durch Prostitution körperlich überleben. Dabei zeigt "Whores`Glory" die dunkelsten und trostlosesten Ecken dieser Länder in sehr schönen Bildern. In Bangkok gibt es das Fish Tank wo, hinter einer großen Glaswand, Frauen warten bis ihre Nummer durch ein Mikrofon aufgerufen wird. In Bangladesch gibt es einen eigenen Stadtteil für Prostituierte in den die Frauen entweder hineingeboren oder verkauft werden. In Mexiko leben diese Frauen in der Zona de Tolerancia, wo es neben Prostitution und Drogen den heiligen Tod (Santa Muerte) gibt. Mich haben die Bilder und der Soundtrack sehr schnell in ihren Bann gezogen. Jedes Land hat eine weibliche Stimme bekommen. Die Bilder in Thailand begleiten "CocoRosie", Bangladesch "Maike Rosa Vogel" und Mexiko "PJ Harvey". Die Scoremusik stammt aus der Feder von Mitgliedern der Band "Element of Crime". Leider gibt es keinen kompletten Soundtrack. Es gibt aber vier Lieder von Maike Rosa Vogel als Download. Dabei ist auch das Lied "Where we meet" ein Duett von M R Vogel und Konstantin Gropper ("Get Well Soon"). Der Text ist von Glawogger und Vogel. Soundtrack und Film gelingt es auf magische Weise die Schönheit im Schrecklichen einzufangen und in unser Wohnzimmer zu hauchen. Das es dem Film gelingt mit Musik und Bildern die Hoffnungslosigkeit zu mildern hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Michael Glawogger starb am 22.April 2014, bei Dreharbeiten für ein neues Projekt, in Liberia. Seine Produktionsfirma Lotus Film und das Management der Liedermacherin Maike Rosa Vogel gaben "Where We Meet" zum unbeschränkten Download frei. Das Musikvideo mit Bildern aus dem Film ist, glaube ich, eine gute Vorschau auf "Whores`Glory". Die Filme "Megacities", "Workingman’s Death" und "Whores’ Glory" bilden eine Film-Trilogie über den Zustand der Welt um die Wende vom 20. zum 21. Jahrhundert. Mir haben die Atmosphäre, die Bilder, die Musik und auch der Inhalt, von "Whores’ Glory", so gut gefallen, dass ich fünf Sterne für zu wenig halte.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pädagogisch wertvoll ;-)
Ich finde die Doku sehr interessant, kommt teilweise wie ein Film rüber da nur die Protagonisten zu Wort kommen, wertungsfrei, teilweise traurig. Man bekommt einen guten Einblick in das Rotlichtmileeu aus der Perspektive der Prostituierten Freier und teils Zuhälter von drei Kulturen und Religionen . Eine Ü18 Szene. Den Soundtrack fand ich richtig gut. Teilweise schöne Bilder. Den Film kann man sich auch paar mal anschauen wird nicht langweilig.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Eine wunderschön schockierende Doku
Niemals urteilabgebend, verachtend oder beschönend: "Whores' Glory" gibt einen bisher völlig neuen und tiefen Einblick in das Leben von Prostituierten aus drei verschiedenen Ländern und liefert dem Zuseher Bilder, die man so schnell nicht wieder los wird. Die Filmmusik ist mehr als treffend und ergänzt das Filmmaterial optimal. Obwohl während das gesamten Films immer Untertitel mitgelesen werden müssen, ist Michael Glawoggers Dokumentation ein Meisterwerk, das man nicht verpasst haben sollte.
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WHORES' GLORY, the third film in Michael Glawogger's globalization trilogy (following MEGACITIES and WORKINGMAN'S DEATH), is an explicit and unflinching expose of global prostitution. In Bangkok, Thailand, women punch a clock and wait for clients in a brightly lit glass box; in the red-light district of Faridpur, Bangladesh, a madam haggles over the price of a teenage girl; and in the border town of Reynosa, Mexico, crack-addicted women pray to a deity named Lady Death. Winner of the Orizzonti Special Jury Prize at the 2011 Venice Film Festival, Glawogger's latest larger-than-life documentary is an audacious, non-judgmental study of sexuality, politics, human behavior and the effects of capital and religion on both women and men from starkly different cultures.
A bracing, at times horrifyingly intimate documentary. --Time Out London
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This film is probably one of the grittiest, glaringly horrific, and offensive documentaries to deal with the world of sex workers, worldwide. The subjects depicted in these three thirld world countries are open and opininated about their work and the sexual politics associated with their profession. It's so painfully aware of its own degradation and accuracy, shot beautifully and yet so ugly in its content. Director Michael Glawogger travelled to Thailand, Bangladesh, and Mexico to examine the attitudes of its citizens in regards to how women are treated as commodities. The women see their profession as an ends to a mean, and their only hope, while men see them as objects, and the interchangeable dialogue between the two reflects a dissonance of opinion on the subject of gender politics. The use of music, cinematography, and interviews interspersed between the action, really detail the inhumane conditions of the sex industry and the horrible standards set by a begrudging society.
Spencer S
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This movie strives and succeeds to do nothing
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