Sex With Dogs
Jezebel deputy editor Dodai Stewart has posted descriptions of and excerpts from the script for Matthew Wilder‘s Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story, which may go before cameras with Lindsay Lohan in the title role.
More than a few sites have described Wilder’s script, which may have a certain integrity on the page but also sounds like a sleazy exercise. It somehow feels less dicey to link to Jezebel‘s story about it.
The script is “full of sex and dirty language,” Stewart says, and with “downright harrowing” depictions of ugly humiliations that Lovelace suffers at the hands of husband/manager Chuck Traynor (as well as her own mom).
I don’t know about this. It feels icky and wrong. Lohan is an adult, of course, but a wobbly one of late. And it almost seems as if she, like the wounded Lovelace before her, has been somehow “played” into agreeing to perform this part. Lohan seems so wrecked and weakened in her own right — why would she want to add Lovelace’s anguish to her own?
“You’ll find child abuse, three orgasms, two beatings, intense humiliation and a bloody car crash — all in the first 32 pages alone,” Stewart writes.
“The first disturbing scene (on page 10) involves a young Linda being smacked in the face by her mother, who also burns her daughter’s hand with a Bic lighter. But the real terrifying stuff happens between Linda and Traynor, who humiliates her during a sexual encounter, making her say, ‘I’m stupid’ and ‘I’m a fat fatass’ as he fingers her and brings her to orgasm.
“Just a few pages later, Chuck, wearing big Frye boots, kicks Linda until she is bruised all over, and then, to comfort her, kisses her bruises — then pushes hard down on the bruises as foreplay.
“From there, things just get worse: Chuck coerces Linda into turning tricks; her first encounter is in a seedy motel with five middle-aged businessmen. One fondles her breast while singing a tune from Mary Poppins. Later in the script, she gets a strange boob job, cooks naked and gets a violent spanking from Chuck. She cries — sobs — while making the legendary film Deep Throat, and has a foursome with Sammy Davis Jr. at Hugh Hefner‘s Playboy Mansion, where there’s also a crowd that urges her to have sex with a German Shepherd.
“Linda and the dog, Fritz, do not actually engage in intercourse,” Stewart reports. “Linda gets on all fours and waves her butt in the air and the pooch gets freaked out.
“The story is detailed, vivid and lurid, and some of the lines Lindsay Lohan will recite are a definite departure from her Disney career.
“But the truth is, the script is actually incredibly well-written. If handled properly, it could be a sex/drugs/violence retro classic in the vein of Boogie Nights. The material is there.
“Does Lindsay Lohan have the talent to play a confused, controlled, emotionally and physically abused woman trying to claw her way to a normal life? Probably. Will she surprise everyone by turning in the performance of a lifetime? Maybe. Will she show up to the set? Unsure.”
Well Lohan is a right fit for the role. Her own life isn’t exactly fun either. Question is, does she have the acting chops to make this thing serious and not another Showgirls?
Well Lohan is a right fit for the role. Her own life isn’t exactly fun either. Question is, does she have the acting chops to make this thing serious and not another Showgirls?
Yeesh. How old is Lindsay Lohan? 37?
Yeesh. How old is Lindsay Lohan? 37?
Lindsay’s about to turn 24, and she looks, at best, like she’s in her mid 30s. That’s the high life, the booze, the cigarettes, the drugs. Wait until she’s in her early to mid 30s (if she makes it that far) — she’ll look like she’s pushing 45 or 50.
Party boy Errol Flynn was only 50 when he died in 1959, and he looked like a saggy, wheezed-out 65 year old when it happened.
Lindsay’s about to turn 24, and she looks, at best, like she’s in her mid 30s. That’s the high life, the booze, the cigarettes, the drugs. Wait until she’s in her early to mid 30s (if she makes it that far) — she’ll look like she’s pushing 45 or 50.
Party boy Errol Flynn was only 50 when he died in 1959, and he looked like a saggy, wheezed-out 65 year old when it happened.
I cant see how a director could feel good about putting her through these scenes considering she is a self destructive addict herself. Seems pretty pathetic.
I cant see how a director could feel good about putting her through these scenes considering she is a self destructive addict herself. Seems pretty pathetic.
the Hefner / dog story is kosher.
not sure how I know this but LL was in an 8mm porno loop called dogorama.
apparently Hef wanted to see the live stage adaptation.
the Hefner / dog story is kosher.
not sure how I know this but LL was in an 8mm porno loop called dogorama.
apparently Hef wanted to see the live stage adaptation.
the Hefner / dog story is kosher.
not sure how I know this but LL was in an 8mm porno loop called dogorama.
apparently Hef wanted to see the live stage adaptation.
the Hefner / dog story is kosher.
not sure how I know this but LL was in an 8mm porno loop called dogorama.
apparently Hef wanted to see the live stage adaptation.
There’s a script? I figured they’d just go for Runaways with tits angle. Anyway, is this thing going to make it with an R rating?
There’s a script? I figured they’d just go for Runaways with tits angle. Anyway, is this thing going to make it with an R rating?
I didn’t realize the Runaways didn’t have tits. You’re a buffoon, man.
Boy, Ellin Barkin is sure looking rough…
I didn’t realize the Runaways didn’t have tits. You’re a buffoon, man.
Boy, Ellin Barkin is sure looking rough…
“I cant see how a director could feel good about putting her through these scenes considering she is a self destructive addict herself. Seems pretty pathetic.”
I don’t know about this statement. As a filmmaker, you draw on everything you can for the art of a film — at least ideally, in theory — even if it means someone’s not-so-sunny personal history or reputation. What about Polanski for The Pianist?
I hesitate to even bring up his name on this blog for obvious reasons, but he’s the first one that really came to mind. I’m sure there are other fine examples, can anyone think of any?
“I cant see how a director could feel good about putting her through these scenes considering she is a self destructive addict herself. Seems pretty pathetic.”
I don’t know about this statement. As a filmmaker, you draw on everything you can for the art of a film — at least ideally, in theory — even if it means someone’s not-so-sunny personal history or reputation. What about Polanski for The Pianist?
I hesitate to even bring up his name on this blog for obvious reasons, but he’s the first one that really came to mind. I’m sure there are other fine examples, can anyone think of any?
Kaned: The Wrestler instantly springs to mind.
Kaned: The Wrestler instantly springs to mind.
“There’s a script? I figured they’d just go for Runaways with tits angle.”
Deez, did you have a stroke or something? You were always a spam-bot idiot, but lately your “analogies” have gotten more and more bizarre. What the fuck does this even supposed to mean?
“There’s a script? I figured they’d just go for Runaways with tits angle.”
Deez, did you have a stroke or something? You were always a spam-bot idiot, but lately your “analogies” have gotten more and more bizarre. What the fuck does this even supposed to mean?
In DeeZee’s alternative universe, the Runaways featured Haley Joel Osment as Joan Jett and Justin Bieber as Cherie Currie.
In DeeZee’s alternative universe, the Runaways featured Haley Joel Osment as Joan Jett and Justin Bieber as Cherie Currie.
Maybe he meant the Tom Selleck vehicle, Runaway. That storyline has just about as much in common with this movie as the Joan Jett biopic does.
Instead of Gene Simmons’ terrorist character, you’ve got Lovelace’s husband. And in place of those little robots, you’ve got a bunch of cocks.
Maybe he meant the Tom Selleck vehicle, Runaway. That storyline has just about as much in common with this movie as the Joan Jett biopic does.
Instead of Gene Simmons’ terrorist character, you’ve got Lovelace’s husband. And in place of those little robots, you’ve got a bunch of cocks.
How much does it pay? If she’s getting indie rates, she’s a bigger fool than I thought.
How much does it pay? If she’s getting indie rates, she’s a bigger fool than I thought.
lohan is probably looking at this as a perfect excuse to backslide….she can completely relapse and blame it on the role “they made her take”…..
lohan is probably looking at this as a perfect excuse to backslide….she can completely relapse and blame it on the role “they made her take”…..
I’m calling it right now…she delivers the goods, scores an Oscar nom for this perf., then relapses before the ceremony even takes place.
I’m calling it right now…she delivers the goods, scores an Oscar nom for this perf., then relapses before the ceremony even takes place.
Can you relapse when you’re still lapsing?
Can you relapse when you’re still lapsing?
A relapse reboot.
A relapse reboot.
TEAM LINDSAY.
Rooting for her whatever she does, and that picture is HOT.
Lohan = pure sexiness.
TEAM LINDSAY.
Rooting for her whatever she does, and that picture is HOT.
Lohan = pure sexiness.
Eloi: No, that’s a Bizarro world where Lex is a member of NAMBLA.
Eloi: No, that’s a Bizarro world where Lex is a member of NAMBLA.
I don’t speak DZ, but if I had to harbor a guess he merely meant that it’s like a Runaways with actual nudity and more raunch. Or it was a reference to K-Stew and D-Fan being smaller-racked than Lindsay.
What a pervert.
I don’t speak DZ, but if I had to harbor a guess he merely meant that it’s like a Runaways with actual nudity and more raunch. Or it was a reference to K-Stew and D-Fan being smaller-racked than Lindsay.
What a pervert.
Lex: The former.
Lex: The former.
If you’d seen the movie, you’d know that The Runaways was pretty damn raunchy… No matter how extreme the Lovelace pic is, the way D-Fan is lit, framed and posed for the entirety of Runaways was probably more provocative than anything the Lohan movie will manage.
RUNAWAYS POWER.
If you’d seen the movie, you’d know that The Runaways was pretty damn raunchy… No matter how extreme the Lovelace pic is, the way D-Fan is lit, framed and posed for the entirety of Runaways was probably more provocative than anything the Lohan movie will manage.
RUNAWAYS POWER.
Wait, using my DeeZee-to-Not-a-Moron Decoder Pin, The Runaways was just Almost Famous by way of The Bad News Bears.
Hold on. Now I’m reading that Almost Famous was just Performance combined with My Dinner With Andre, with just a hint of E.T.
Hold up, sorry: E.T. is merely Alf via The 400 Blows.
Whoah, whoah. Now this thing is saying that The 400 Blows is merely The Holy Bible-meets-Dennis the Menace.
Fuck this thing, it’s useless.
Wait, using my DeeZee-to-Not-a-Moron Decoder Pin, The Runaways was just Almost Famous by way of The Bad News Bears.
Hold on. Now I’m reading that Almost Famous was just Performance combined with My Dinner With Andre, with just a hint of E.T.
Hold up, sorry: E.T. is merely Alf via The 400 Blows.
Whoah, whoah. Now this thing is saying that The 400 Blows is merely The Holy Bible-meets-Dennis the Menace.
Fuck this thing, it’s useless.
Quantrell has been on good form lately. I prefer it when he’s friends with LexG and not at odds with him. That was a great post right there.
Quantrell has been on good form lately. I prefer it when he’s friends with LexG and not at odds with him. That was a great post right there.
Seconded.
Also, I had/have no beef with QB, or anyone here.
Also: That picture of LILO has been driving me crazy all night. I can’t stop looking at it. Pure sex.
Seconded.
Also, I had/have no beef with QB, or anyone here.
Also: That picture of LILO has been driving me crazy all night. I can’t stop looking at it. Pure sex.
Lex: THAT one? Mean Girls Lohan: YEP YEP. Since then: NOPE NOPE.
Lex: THAT one? Mean Girls Lohan: YEP YEP. Since then: NOPE NOPE.
Gotta love Lex. I had a prickly streak there where I was taking him too seriously. I just need to step back and bite my tongue in those moments and remember he’s one of the things that makes this place a daily stop for me.
I do, however, have MAD beef with DeeZee. Sides and sides of beef, like that scene in Predator 2 where Busey gets cut in half in the ice box. Surrounded by beef.
Gotta love Lex. I had a prickly streak there where I was taking him too seriously. I just need to step back and bite my tongue in those moments and remember he’s one of the things that makes this place a daily stop for me.
I do, however, have MAD beef with DeeZee. Sides and sides of beef, like that scene in Predator 2 where Busey gets cut in half in the ice box. Surrounded by beef.
It’s funny; I don’t remember seeing any “oh the humanity!” posts about this project back when Anna Faris was attached to the Lovelace role. Where was the concern for HER welfare?
Obviously Wilder is playing around with a certain aspect of tabloid iconography with his casting here, but, yes, if Lohan’s able to actually show up for this, it could, for her, be a move equivalent to, yes, “The Wrestler,” or I was thinking more like “Barfly” even. It’s not unusual for performers of Lohan’s generation to be attracted to vintage-porn themed projects, ‘cuz they’re so “real” and “gritty,” you know (see the cast list of “Wonderland”), but Wilder has an unusual talent and sensibility and could make something out of this. So I’m inclined to wait and see. Whether it will happen at all is still a very open question.
It’s funny; I don’t remember seeing any “oh the humanity!” posts about this project back when Anna Faris was attached to the Lovelace role. Where was the concern for HER welfare?
Obviously Wilder is playing around with a certain aspect of tabloid iconography with his casting here, but, yes, if Lohan’s able to actually show up for this, it could, for her, be a move equivalent to, yes, “The Wrestler,” or I was thinking more like “Barfly” even. It’s not unusual for performers of Lohan’s generation to be attracted to vintage-porn themed projects, ‘cuz they’re so “real” and “gritty,” you know (see the cast list of “Wonderland”), but Wilder has an unusual talent and sensibility and could make something out of this. So I’m inclined to wait and see. Whether it will happen at all is still a very open question.
I didn’t write any “oh, the inhumanity!” posts about Ana Faris’s interest in playing Lovelace because she’s always seemed to be a relatively stable actress without a penchant for self-destruction, “seemed” being an admittedly vague term.
If Lindsay Lohan can realistically inhabit Wilder’s conception of Lovelace and make it forceful, true and scalding and thereby make it into a kind of Wrestler reboot of her own…cool. That would be great. If that could happen maybe she could also take the next step and try and get control of her addictions and actually have a life that doesn’t include the likelihood of death before age 40.
I linked to the Jezebel script review and wrote what I wrote because I don’t believe that an actress with HUGE personal problems can save or transform herself by playing a famous victim of the porn industry who was just as screwed up in her own ways — whose complete willingness to be shamelessly exploited was but the tip of the iceberg.
I haven’t read Wilder’s script but the excerpts, however well written, don’t indicate TO ME that he’s up to anything terribly profound or transformative. Some people (like Chuck Traynor) have the capacity to be cruel and heartless in their manipulations of those weaker than themselves, and some victims, like Lovelace, are more than willing to play along. That seems to be as far as Wilder’s script goes in terms of its commentary about Lovelace, Traynor & the human condition.
It seems, to go by two script reviews I’ve read, as if it’s (a) making that repeated comment for the semi-thoughtful while (b) offering a scuzzy sexploitation scenario for the pervs.
You know what would be interesting? I’m just writing off the top of my head but if Lovelace could be portrayed as a kind of withdrawn and inwardly crippled Beautiful Dreamer who lived inside a fantasy bubble — like Bjork’s character in “Dancer in the Dark,” a woman who couldn’t deal with things as they are and therefore sought the comfort of fantasy and dreams in order to get by. She was exploited like a dog but she didn’t see it that way — she created a separate “reality show” version of what she was going through and submitting to, etc.
I don’t know how you create this Bjork-like Lovelace character without music and dance and dream sequences, but that would be the idea — to create two Lovelaces existing side by side. And then show in the third act how the duality or split personality thing was shattered when the porn career bottomed out and expired and Lovelace, sensing another opportunity, “woke up” and decided to become a born-again feminist and play that hand for all it was worth.
I didn’t write any “oh, the inhumanity!” posts about Ana Faris’s interest in playing Lovelace because she’s always seemed to be a relatively stable actress without a penchant for self-destruction, “seemed” being an admittedly vague term.
If Lindsay Lohan can realistically inhabit Wilder’s conception of Lovelace and make it forceful, true and scalding and thereby make it into a kind of Wrestler reboot of her own…cool. That would be great. If that could happen maybe she could also take the next step and try and get control of her addictions and actually have a life that doesn’t include the likelihood of death before age 40.
I linked to the Jezebel script review and wrote what I wrote because I don’t believe that an actress with HUGE personal problems can save or transform herself by playing a famous victim of the porn industry who was just as screwed up in her own ways — whose complete willingness to be shamelessly exploited was but the tip of the iceberg.
I haven’t read Wilder’s script but the excerpts, however well written, don’t indicate TO ME that he’s up to anything terribly profound or transformative. Some people (like Chuck Traynor) have the capacity to be cruel and heartless in their manipulations of those weaker than themselves, and some victims, like Lovelace, are more than willing to play along. That seems to be as far as Wilder’s script goes in terms of its commentary about Lovelace, Traynor & the human condition.
It seems, to go by two script reviews I’ve read, as if it’s (a) making that repeated comment for the semi-thoughtful while (b) offering a scuzzy sexploitation scenario for the pervs.
You know what would be interesting? I’m just writing off the top of my head but if Lovelace could be portrayed as a kind of withdrawn and inwardly crippled Beautiful Dreamer who lived inside a fantasy bubble — like Bjork’s character in “Dancer in the Dark,” a woman who couldn’t deal with things as they are and therefore sought the comfort of fantasy and dreams in order to get by. She was exploited like a dog but she didn’t see it that way — she created a separate “reality show” version of what she was going through and submitting to, etc.
I don’t know how you create this Bjork-like Lovelace character without music and dance and dream sequences, but that would be the idea — to create two Lovelaces existing side by side. And then show in the third act how the duality or split personality thing was shattered when the porn career bottomed out and expired and Lovelace, sensing another opportunity, “woke up” and decided to become a born-again feminist and play that hand for all it was worth.
“That’s the high life, the booze, the cigarettes, the drugs.”
It’s 10% that and 90% sun. A tanning bed was always included on her of demands. Between the bed, the vegas poolsides, and her portable spray tan machine, that was her most damaging addiction.
“That’s the high life, the booze, the cigarettes, the drugs.”
It’s 10% that and 90% sun. A tanning bed was always included on her of demands. Between the bed, the vegas poolsides, and her portable spray tan machine, that was her most damaging addiction.
I’m crapping you negative, Wells, that is a MONEY fucking idea for this movie. I would pay to see that. I would root for that kind of production.
Makes me think of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Love that movie.
I’m crapping you negative, Wells, that is a MONEY fucking idea for this movie. I would pay to see that. I would root for that kind of production.
Makes me think of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Love that movie.
She made the “two Lovelaces/Lohan” psycho-dual reality, porn-tinted, self-destructive, coming-of-age fantasy flick already. It was called ‘I Know Who Killed Me’.
She made the “two Lovelaces/Lohan” psycho-dual reality, porn-tinted, self-destructive, coming-of-age fantasy flick already. It was called ‘I Know Who Killed Me’.
Mark – you speak the truth, although booze and cigs kill your skin later in life, not at HER age. It’s all sun exposure at this point. Wait ’till the other shit kicks in, she’ll look like Mrs. Bates
Mark – you speak the truth, although booze and cigs kill your skin later in life, not at HER age. It’s all sun exposure at this point. Wait ’till the other shit kicks in, she’ll look like Mrs. Bates
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