• AnaisRim@lemmynsfw.comOPM
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    25 days ago

    I have read The Image and have seen the film! Both are French, though I read translations. My favorite of the three is Venus, though only because I think it captures masochism best of the three. O is also very well written, but I think it doesn’t capture the experience of submission quite as well as Venus does.

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      25 days ago

      Yeah, I probably agree with you. I just personally prefer Emmanuelle. I am partial to its particular kind of pondering philosophy and I find it’s use of the exotic setting engaging in a way I liked. But Venus is probably the most successful, as you say, at communicating the uniting experience.

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        25 days ago

        I’ve never read Emmanuel. Though I think I saw the movie ages ago. But I never read it and that’s what really matters. I should probably read that. I’ll put it on a list.