The Sublime X

An Essay on Ti West's X Trilogy and his use in the films of gore and pornography to induce the feeling of THE SUBLIME

Click each poster to learn more about Ti West's use of gore and pornographic material in the movie to induce a sense of sublime, and to learn more about Edmund Burke's idea of the Sublime click on his portrait to the right.
The X-rated film during its time did not often see the light of day, at least not commonly in mainstream American theaters. A plague to films, the X is a mark of obscenity, whether that be in the image of excessive gory violence or, more often, raw pornography. Irish philosopher Edmund Burke describes as the sublime in his book,”A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origins of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful”. The sublime to him is that which leaves no room for any emotion but horror and its thrill; a definition that may as well be a review of the X trilogy.
WARNING: Further pages include disturbing images due to subjects of research.