I won't deny that Flaming Creatures was at times difficult to watch. I enjoyed it initially because I thought the whole lipstick sequence was really clever and amusing, but things took a really dark turn with the rape/earthquake scene and, like pretty much everyone else, I'm having trouble seeing how that sequence glorifies sex at all. Pretty much everyone in this film seems like mindless, and frankly disgusting, animals who lack any impulse control. I think to an extent it was careless on Smith's part to not consider that images of rape would disturb his audience. I eventually just got pretty annoyed with this film-- in a way I felt it was overly-indulgent and a little too long.

But I also really want to talk briefly about Frampton's (nostalgia) because it kind of seems like no one else liked it or really wants to talk about it as much. This is totally understandable, given how incendiary the other two films were and, consequentially, how monotonous (nostalgia) seemed. Although I thought it definitely went on a little too long and found my eyes wandering to the clock, I really really liked (nostalgia). I loved the simplicity of the concept and its slow, steady pace-- I thought it was all very reminiscent of how people tend to romanticize their memories. I found the film beautiful and funny, but also a little sad-- all emotions I associate with the concept of nostalgia.