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I like the book “Histoire d’O (the story of O)”
The “Story of O” is a French erotic novel written by Anne Desclos (originally under a pen name). Desclos wrote “O” as a series of letters to Jean Paulhan, her lover and eventual publisher, in response to Paulhan’s claim that a woman could never write like the Marquis de Sade.
Many terms used in contemporary BDSM are attributed to Desclos’s novel. It is a story of female submission, torture, sexuality, objectification and (ultimately) of love. The character O is whipped, chained, branded, beaten, pierced, dominated and fucked. Basically O is a submissive good girl who allows all of these somewhat horrific events to occur by granting her masters verbal permission to perform the acts.
The ending is beautiful and will upset some.
The story is fiction and should be treated thusly by those who find the novel misogynistic or disagree with the submissive nature of the heroine. The book was written by a woman, not a man, as an act of love.
Who are we to cast objections over love between two lovers.
Jereme, have you seen The Piano Teacher?
If not: Do.
Jereme, have you seen The Piano Teacher?
If not: Do.
ken,
no but it is on the list. i have heard it is in the same vein.
ken,
no but it is on the list. i have heard it is in the same vein.
Any Michael Haneke films, for that matter. My preference, in order from best to just good, really:
1. The Seventh Continent (his first film)
2. Cache
3. The Piano Teacher
4. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
5. Benny’s Video
6. Funny Games
8. Code Unknown
I haven’t seen his version of Kafka’s The Castle, but I’ve heard it’s okay.
Any Michael Haneke films, for that matter. My preference, in order from best to just good, really:
1. The Seventh Continent (his first film)
2. Cache
3. The Piano Teacher
4. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
5. Benny’s Video
6. Funny Games
8. Code Unknown
I haven’t seen his version of Kafka’s The Castle, but I’ve heard it’s okay.
ken,
yes i remember you recommending him before. i’m downloading the piano teacher now. i’ll let you know what i think after.
right now i’m watching squidbillies and quite content.
ken,
yes i remember you recommending him before. i’m downloading the piano teacher now. i’ll let you know what i think after.
right now i’m watching squidbillies and quite content.
i only seen the piano teacher and funny games. i enjoyed funny games immensely. critics didn’t like how it ‘punished’ the viewer, but i didn’t feel punished. its ‘violence’ was so strange.
i only seen the piano teacher and funny games. i enjoyed funny games immensely. critics didn’t like how it ‘punished’ the viewer, but i didn’t feel punished. its ‘violence’ was so strange.
I liked the history of o very much when i read eons ago.
the piano teacher is based on a book by nobel prize winner, the austrian elfriede jelenik. To me, it is very different, in that the real s/m relationship comes from her relationship to her mother and to music. the story of o is very much about a man and a woman, period. also, jelenik wrote after ww2 in austria, and has a lot on common thematically with writers from there at that time period. the story of o, to me, is a happier book. also, it is more “conceptual”- whereas the paino teacher is realism, to me.
great post jereme. i heart you.
I liked the history of o very much when i read eons ago.
the piano teacher is based on a book by nobel prize winner, the austrian elfriede jelenik. To me, it is very different, in that the real s/m relationship comes from her relationship to her mother and to music. the story of o is very much about a man and a woman, period. also, jelenik wrote after ww2 in austria, and has a lot on common thematically with writers from there at that time period. the story of o, to me, is a happier book. also, it is more “conceptual”- whereas the paino teacher is realism, to me.
great post jereme. i heart you.
I dated a girl a few years ago who gave me this book . . . not a very good sign for a sweet (ie, not into bondage or piss) boy like me.
I dated a girl a few years ago who gave me this book . . . not a very good sign for a sweet (ie, not into bondage or piss) boy like me.
I like this post & French blue books.
I am a big fan of Gamiani, or Two Nights of Excess by Alfred de Musset.
I like this post & French blue books.
I am a big fan of Gamiani, or Two Nights of Excess by Alfred de Musset.
pr,
i think pr stands for ‘pretty rad’
lee,
tell her to call me.
anthony,
i haven’t read. i’ll chck them out.
pr,
i think pr stands for ‘pretty rad’
lee,
tell her to call me.
anthony,
i haven’t read. i’ll chck them out.
pour toujours
pour toujours
if U really wanna explore this kind of topic as far as it can go, check out japanese horror/art film BLIND BEAST (a/k/a WAREHOUSE)
i think in many ways, the world STILL isn’t ready for this movie
you will not believe it was made in 1968!!!
if U really wanna explore this kind of topic as far as it can go, check out japanese horror/art film BLIND BEAST (a/k/a WAREHOUSE)
i think in many ways, the world STILL isn’t ready for this movie
you will not believe it was made in 1968!!!
I can tell that this is not the first time you mention this topic. Why have you chosen it again?
p.s. Year One is already on the Internet and you can watch it for free.
I can tell that this is not the first time you mention this topic. Why have you chosen it again?
p.s. Year One is already on the Internet and you can watch it for free.
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