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Story of Oh! So Much More...
A delighful exercise in visual poetry "Les Fruits" uses the "Story of O" merely as a pretext for an uplifting tale of
submission and deliverance, inventing what should be called the first porno-kabuki movie. It must be seen more than a few times to engage a full appreciation. To my mind i compares only with
Greenway's "8+1/2 Women" and Matton's "Spermula" in the category of films that capture the true pathos of sex in narrative. But this one goes one step further in trying to bridge the gap between western and eastern erotics like no other film I've seen.
Kinsky is at his best/worst throughout, as an entirely repulsive
Sir Stephen. The chinese revolutionary setting is another
engaging sidelight which gives the whole possession/liberation
dialectics a depth which O never had. A rare jewel of a painting...

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Impossible
I do think this movie was well written. But if youve ever read the story of O you would know that this senario is impossible. It couldnt have happened. In the end Sir Stephen left her. In this movie he is with her again. Like I said, impossible. I would watch it again if only to understand the complexities of D/s . This film is in french with english subtitles. now they do speak some english in it but I found it very hard to understand what was being said. I wish the whole thing, even the english, would have been subtitled.

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I don't identify it with those exotic movie
I am not a big fan of the director. but i have the chance to view his other production which produced in Japan. that's why I would say i know him a bit and have expectation in some extend. If u are not familiar with this director, u must attracted by the exotic cover of the DVD but u may feel disapponited after u viewed the film. I don't group it with those exotic movie and not even x-rated movie. this is a thought of sex of the director but not a entertaining moive for audience. That's why i don't think it is necessary to talk about its entertainment. however, compare with other of his films, I would think this maybe a failure to him. Usually the reasons came from the director and the production company. As I know this is a cooperation between France and Japan. With the French paid for the produciton fee and the Japanese form a produciton team. It seems that Shuji Terayama can't break through his usual frame and not even keep his usual standard. In some way, I would say he might not have enough freedom to explode what he wants. I hope in the near future, his other films may have the chacne to get published and show the world that he is one of the genius in this industry.