Venus in Furs

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Summary: Whats love got to do with it ....
Review: The film shot in black and white has a few interesting elements and is based on the famous 1869 novel by Leoplod von Sacher-Masoch, where the term masochism is derived from. The plot revolves around an obsessive relationship between a man who makes a contract to become the slave of a gorgeous woman. He is a masochist and he expresses his masochistic tendencies through his sexual fantasies, while the woman acts more out of love than conviction. This leads to much conflict and the redefinition of love. Artistically filmed, and while there is a considerable amount of full frontal nudity, you never feel that the nudity is gratitutous, but rather that it is part of the overall fabric of the film. On the whole, an excellent movie that is erotic without being pornographic ...

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Summary: It could be better.
Review: There are two outstanding literary works touching on masochism:
in 'Story of O' the woman is the submissive, in 'Venus in furs'
it is the man who is submissive and the woman the dominant. 'Story of O' is better as a literary achievement -its author Pauline Réage, alias Dominique Aury, was finally identified as Anne Duclos-. 'Venus in furs' is the work of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, nineteenth century Austrian jurist and writer, who lived out his fantasies. THIS FILM is not the first to take to the screen the story, and follows basically Sacher-Masoch motifs. Unfortunately it is shot unnecessarily in black and white, and its tone is of European 'author' cinema at its most boring. The score seems to be composed of classic excerpts -for example Mahler music used in Viscoti's 'Death in Venice'-. We see interminable building and train scenes without any dialogue. It tries to be artistic cinema and it probably is but I think it would be more to the point an approach like that used by Just Jaeckin in 'Story of O' (1974). The acting is very good by both the male and female protagonists. This, al least deserves high praise.

But if you want a good adaptation of the novel, Massimo Dallamano's "Venus in Furs" (1969) with Laura Antonelli is your choice: aestheticism, gorgeous color, gourgeous actors, adequate campiness, an unmistakably 60' good score, downright eroticism and several lines here and there that show a genuine understanding of the book and its underlying psychologic set-up.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointment in Furs
Review: This movie is dubbed in English and you can't watch it in the original language. The actors who did the dubbed voices are really bad. If you want to know what the movie was kind of supposed to be like, you can watch it with no sound and English subtitles. The default setting is dubbed English with English subtitles.

There is also little to no chemistry between the actors, and it is based on the novel but set in modern times.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointment in Furs
Review: This movie is dubbed in English and you can't watch it in the original language. The actors who did the dubbed voices are really bad. If you want to know what the movie was kind of supposed to be like, you can watch it with no sound and English subtitles. The default setting is dubbed English with English subtitles.

There is also little to no chemistry between the actors, and it is based on the novel but set in modern times.