Shuengit Chow
There
has been quite a few movies out about bdsm/ various "refined forms of
sex play" whether in private home, or clubs, or formal semi-public
scenarios, and, also in virtual worlds - very well made, high quality
graphics - many many types of play acting... apparently its a game
favored by intellectuals - the movie I havent seen it - but because it
is a movie, its main purpose is to make commercial success, its not
there to "teach" you anything or "cure" you etc. From all the talk, I
doubt its anything more than populariing the "thrill" of unknown for the
general public. As for bdsm etc, there are famous court cases and
report/ficitonal/docu accounts of real life stories a few years ago -
concerning a banker and his lover - that is probably as much reality as
you will get. And such stories are usually sordid at the expense of the
weaker person in the story. Young people /20+ students often talk
about bdsm as "playing sm". Its got a hidden glamour of a sort.
Another movie which was banned for many years in UK, for cruelty, for a
long time is "La Maitresse" with Depardieu and Bulle Ogier. However, I
do think, if nobody even heard of it, the attraction is probably is
stronger still. There are also sub culture - like bondage practices -
in the documentary, by a documentary film maker. " practices; by Hito
Steyerl, Detail from "Lovely Andrea", 2007. The world of profit making
through sex, images, practices. One of the photographer said, the more
the police restricts, bans these publications, the better the sales.
Once its not banned, the business goes down hill.
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