Personally, I'm not into the S&M stuff, however, I did enjoy reading the novel. Now it's one thing to read about it and completely another to see it visually. How graphic is the movie? For example...do they physically show the whipping, rape, branding, piercing, etc.? Just curious whether or not I'd be able to stomach the movie. Please let me know. Thanx.
shareIt's not at all graphic. Actually, it's very tasteful. If you liked the book, you will very likely enjoy the movie.
Woman is the Earth and Man is the Sky.
you'll be able to stomach it, I didn't find it disturbing. They show the branding and the whipping, but not the piercing. You'll see the rings but only after they've been done. Even the branding though, is done with such delicacy & love, that it isn't frightening.
At the beginning of the book O contemplates why her terror is mingled with such sweetness. (paraphrasing)and i think that's an ongoing theme in the film, which makes it so easy to get drawn into it. One thing I wanted to mention is that the relationship between O and Pierre is different than in the book. I lek the movie version of their relationship better.
Maybe I went through the novel too fast...what was your take on the scenes btwn. O and Pierre? Nothing really unusual stuck out to me. What happened in the movie?
I still haven't seen the movie yet. Blockbuster only has one copy, and it's never in stock.
NETFLIX has it! AND It's awesome! I have not read the book - I lent out my copy and NEED to get it back! I loved this movie - the scenes stick in my head! Some memorable images! BEAUTIFUL FILM! Truly beautiful and a gorgeous actress!
shareI feel like an awful ignoramus but I don't remember a Pierre in the story. Can someone refresh my memory?
Terry
Your soul and your body are your own, and yours to do with as you wish.
Pierre was the valet at Roissy.
Woman is the Earth and Man is the Sky.
(its been a long time since I read the book but as I remember it) When Renne first brought O to the Roissy he left her with pierre as her trainer who was to teach her to learn both the pleasures of pain and its terrors, but O remained Renee's property. Renne didnt whip her himself but had others do it for his entertainment, he watched or just listned as he enjoyed seeing her in the marks from a whip but didnt enjoy applying them. before he left, Renne ordered O to keep her eyes lowered to the ground, Pierre of course fell in love with O and said he wouldn't whip her only pretend to if she looked him in the eyes and said she loved him. O of course refused as she was still in love with Renne and wouldnt betray his wishes even under torture. a few days later O was returned to Renee and her life in Paris, she she was changed, more self confident, as she had survived the training without breaking or disobeying Renees wishes.
I think thats when she changed and fell for sir stephan when she met him as he was more Dominant with her both whipping her himself and being much crueler with the whip when he did. I think as she grew as a slave she demanded a stonger Master than renee could ever be.
Thats not my memory of the book at all.
Pierra was a valet/manservant. One of his duties was to punish the girls for any infraction and he was particularly good at it. Generally, the valets didn't use the girls, but in at least one case, Pierre did use O. He wasn't a character as much as a symbol of terror.
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sounds like a great job to me
shareIn my experience (although having said that, I haven't yet read this book), books are usually harder to deal with than films, since our imaginations are generally far more wild than any film could get away with (at least, mine is). Still, if you really don't like being faced with people who are in pain, then this film probably isn't for you.
share"In my experience (although having said that, I haven't yet read this book), books are usually harder to deal with than films, since our imaginations are generally far more wild than any film could get away with (at least, mine is)."
Exactly, Caitlin. I find the same thing is true of horror movies; what is shown is never as scary as what I imagined. As Keats said, "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter."
Woman is the Earth and Man is the Sky.
its not that praphic and the movie like parts of the book lets your imagination fly wondering what happened. I liked on part where a female slave whispers something to O and a guard overhears her, the guard then drags the woman away to the 'hot box' the woman begs for mercy but is taken away anyway, the narrator says O never found out what the hot box was and its never mentioned again. That makes me wonder what it was and what other punishments O had to endure were not mentioned or described.
shareIt's more tasteful than Caligula.
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