* Run Time: 81 minutes * Number of Discs: 1 * Originally Released in 2003 * Color * Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
Reviews: “A punk-pornocopia equivalent to Last Year at Marienbad.” --Dennis Harvey, Variety
“Georges Bataille's Story of the Eye is a provocation that hypnotizes, a hallucinatory narcotic.” --Johnny Ray Huston, The San Francisco Bay Guardian
“This is not a movie for passive consumption, but a film that bites back.” --Dave Kehr, The New York Times
“Andrew Repasky McElhinney's new feature Georges Bataille's Story of the Eye is a new landmark in underground cinema. The film is an artistic assault on both the senses and sensibility. Mixing equal parts of surrealism, eroticism and silliness into a vibrant package rich with lush cinematography and a challenging soundtrack, [Georges Bataille's Story of the Eye ] is a brilliant achievement that demands attention and challenges the audience in a way that few films today can even dare to achieve.” --Phil Hall, Film Threat / The Encyclopedia of Underground Movies
“It’s quite an “Eye”-ful . . . brave and shocking” --V.A.Musetto, The New York Post
“ambiguous… hypnotic… confrontational…” --Matt Prigge, The Philadelphia Weekly
“Perverse in all the wrong ways” --Sam Adams, Philadelphia City Paper
“Like punk Ken Russel working with no budget and NO boundaries” --Howard Gensler, The Philadelphia Daily News
“McElhinney's movie knows what it wants to be (obscure, demented and experimental, rather than accessible, charming and story-driven) and pursues its goals with the obsessive focus and inscrutable energy that defines independence.” -- Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Press
“Some [viewers], including a few admirers of Andrew Repasky McElhinney 's previous films, may be outraged by the surprises in [Georges Bataille’s Story of the Eye], but others, like this reviewer, will applaud it as the filmmmaker's best work yet, and a promise of great work to come.” --Bill Krohn, The Chestnut Hill Local
