It is (I believe) the ultimate aspiration of the residents of Dolores Delargo Towers II to achieve true decadence - a state of mind in which, ultimately, nothing matters except gratification. First, of course, we have to win the Lottery or achieve some other means to afford that luxury!
However, if we can't achieve it just yet, let us instead indulge in the never-to-be-repeated experience of Rainer Werner Fassbinder vs Jean Genet vs Jeanne Moreau vs Brad Davis, in a wonderful clip from that incredibly decadent movie Querelle.
This film caused a sensation on its release way back in this week in 1982, for its overtly gay content as much as anything else.
In an era when my own closet doors were only just creaking open, oh! how I wanted to be in touch with this homoerotic high-camp Technicolour world...
For the more literary amongst you - yes, that strange ditty Mme Moreau sings is indeed an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Ballad of Reading Gaol...
All about Querelle on IMDB
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