It's another sampler for the Quietus Low Culture Podcast, which goes out each month to our Subscriber and Subscriber Plus tier supporters. This month, tQ founders Luke Turner and John Doran cast their eyes over a controversial classic of French cinema. To access the full podcast, further information on which can be found below, you can sign up here or look for the Subscribe button on tQ's homepage. Subscribers also receive bonus essays, newsletters and playlists, as well as instant access to hours of past Low Culture Podcasts.

Luke was drawn in as a young man by the promise of steamy sex scenes, John, as a teenager, because he thought watching it would make him l ...