"A milder sort of vitality, is voyeurism.
Voyeurism even may be seen as a kind of moral principle: it's useful against looking the other way. One has to know how to strike a balance between not being too nosy and not bothering about others, as film director Gabi Schweiger can do it in an exemplary manner.
Especially regarding sex and its practical aspects, voyeurism is essential. On the other hand, society is concerned with how people are having sex.
Schweigers film ingeniously ranges between journalistic report, personal confessions of older gentlemen, and sexological study. The lesson is learnt and it is presented in plain view that even for men, in some cases, sexuality can remain a source of vitality for quite some time.
It doesn't end without losses and disruptions, but Schweigers film shows us that, before it's all over, quite a lot may still be going on." Franz Schuh
"As we watch, those bouncy members of the old generation of '68 get to be a real pain in the neck. They drum and sculpt, they dance and do tender massages on camera, sending shivers down our spines by being so at ease all the time.
One of them is sitting in a tub, abandoned, completely given to the moment. Then he talks about his school days in the Third Reich, suddenly verging on tears.
That's when we realize:It is the sexuality of the sons of soldiers of the Wehrmacht and rubble women which is being portrayed here.
MEN'S LUST, if nothing else, is about the immediate post-war generation and their methods of coping with being born into it, for a lifetime.
The camera indulgently watches their self-enactments. It is not until they're over that the great moments of this film are happening. Josef Hader
