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sexyred1 -> RE: The story of O (12/19/2007 9:23:09 AM)
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ORIGINAL: BloodLuna
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ORIGINAL: sexyred1
Perhaps you should go back and read the original Story of O, which is a very fascinating book, in my opinion. It is of course, a bit nihilistic, but I believe that is the crux of the story, that O wanted to annihilate herself through her service as a slave to both Rene and Sir Stephen. As I recall, and I read it years ago, Rene was her lover who gave her to Sir Stephen; neither man appeared to love O, while she loved them both.
Red, if you like the nihilistic aspect of the origional O story, you really have to check out The Pet. It is kind of a B rate film that came out in 2006 and the ending is as "self-annihilating" of the "pet" who's human name is Mary as the origional O story, but there are some aspects of the plot and training of Mary that are very awesome. It does show a difference between loosely consensual BDSM ( Mary is offered the choice to serve as well as a great deal of money) and the black market of slavery in which women have no choice. Again, luna can only warn you to watch it for the BDSM elements and the emotional context of a woman willing to give up her very life for what she loves. Be warned - This movie has Non- consensual scenes in it and is based on human animal role play between a Master and submissive. But there is a loving quality, a closeness between owner and pet that luna enjoyed. This one seems a little harder to find. Amazon has it used and new starting at 13.49 but ebay doesn't have it.
luna
Hi luna, I have seen The Pet and own it.
To clarifiy, I did not really say whether I liked the nihilistic aspect of the original Story of O, I was simply explaining how I viewed Pauline Reage's intent. I did like the book, but did not find it to be especially erotic; I have far more books that turn me on. But from a literary standpoint, I felt the goal of what the author was trying to convey was accomplished and I actually feel that Story of O is a good book for people to have in their BDSM reading arsenal, even as something to compare against other types of novels, say from Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty series. I loved that series, but some found them to be too overly romanticized and fanciful.
Now, The Pet. I agree with you that some aspects of the pet's training were kind of hot, but that was about it for me. Since there was no sexual aspect to the film, it left me cold, but that is because I cannot separate sex from D/s.
The other part of the film which upsets everyone is the human slavery trafficking. That was not hot at all for me and it is all too real in our world today. I intensely dislike when any filmaker tries to make a political statement by using elements of the BDSM lifestyle. All it does it further add to misconceptions that people have of what the lifestyle and those in it, practice.
By the way, I thought Mary's cage was the hottest thing in the film. [;)]
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