Contrasting films that take BDSM as something more than a titillating game
This topic is best left in the hands of Europeans. Shinya Tsukamoto's "A Snake of June", however, gives it a fine Japanese twist.
There's something almost too terrifying in the way the Japanese will take this theme to extremes. I'm thinking particularly of In the Realm of the Senses. There's also Audition, which isn't strictly an erotic film but surely libidinal in its sadism.
This topic is best left in the hands of Europeans. Shinya Tsukamoto's "A Snake of June", however, gives it a fine Japanese twist.
There's something almost too terrifying in the way the Japanese will take this theme to extremes. I'm thinking particularly of In the Realm of the Senses. There's also Audition, which isn't strictly an erotic film but surely libidinal in its sadism.