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Basilisk stare

Australia, 2002
film

A psychosexual drama which launches the viewer into the inner-space of the male psyche in order to depict the way the modern male constructs sex. The film exc..

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Basilisk

Australia, 1998
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Outer space

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Chasing lizards

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Blue

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Sex and Zen II

Hong Kong, 1996
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Salt, saliva, sperm and sweat (AFC)

Australia, 1987
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Crack in the curtains [Widescreen]

Australia, 1990
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Alex and the beast within

Victoria, Australia, 1992
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Strange fits of passion

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Down there (Turkish version)

Australia, 1985
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Sebastiane

United Kingdom, 1976
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Insearch of viewable objects

Australia, 1983
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The Brood

Canada, 1979
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Basil's adventure

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Pink narcissus

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Fantasm (E)

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Mystical Rose

Australia, 1976
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The Sheltering sky

United States, 1990
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