'Blue Is the Warmest Color' Tops Daily Beast's '10 Best Movie Sex Scenes of 2013'

I used to go to a lot of foreign art films when I was in college, and I would have probably seen "Blue Is the Warmest Color."

These Daily Beast dolts are getting an erection out of it, however.

The 10 Best Movie Sex Scenes of 2013: http://t.co/RYkUsYFZy3 pic.twitter.com/PRwtWDU0oX

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 21, 2013

It was the most talked-about sex scene of the year for a reason. Abdellatif Kechiche’s three-hour French drama centers on Adèle (Exarchopoulos), a teenager who falls for blue-haired collegiate art student Emma (Seydoux). After sharing a few kisses in the park, the sexual tension builds to a fever pitch, resulting in a seven-minute paroxysm of sexual desire replete with clawing, slapping, scratching, moaning, and howling. Adèle and Emma contort themselves into a plethora of sexual positions. It’s feral, an explosion of their desire for one another. The scene is a bit problematic, too. It’s composed of medium shots from the perspective of the filmmaker (male gaze), never shifting to the perspective of the women, and it does drag. Oh, and the actresses hated shooting it—over 10 days. Nevertheless, it’s a powerful, important scene that challenges viewers’ heteronormative cinematic perspective. The first time I viewed it was at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, seated next to a lil’ old lady slurping a gigantic cup of coke, who “oohed” and “aahed” the entire time. Priceless.

I don't see the sex-scene video, but I'll tell you, this movie's like a how-to manual for postmodern queer feminism.