The Story of O - Pauline Reage
Jun. 16th, 2005 09:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mlerulesJust too danged much to do this Sat (June 18)! I would SO love to go to AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE at 6pm for the LA Premiere of THE WRITER OF O, 2004, Zeitgeist, 80 min.
Blurb: The Story Of O, the S&M novel that shocked France in the 1950’s had been written by a mysterious lady known only as "Pauline Reage," a pseudonym for an author who remained in the shadows for more then four decades. In this brilliant documentary, director Pola Rapaport reveals the search for the real identity of the author – a woman who secretly composed the novel for her longtime lover, and who willingly chose to conceal her authorship of the book for personal reasons. This illuminating and sensitive film not only describes the poignant depth of character of a European intellectual, but also examines literary attitudes towards sex in the 1940’s and 50’s, and how the publication of The Story Of O literally changed the world almost overnight. [In French with English subtitles] An Egyptian Exclusive!
Not all the reviews are as complimentary as the one quoted above, but I wanna go see it and make up my own mind 'bout how good 'tis.
More good stuff - Hot Hot Summer Night Film Series (Erotic Museum combined w/American Cinematheque:
http://www.theeroticmuseum.com/specialevents/americancinematheque/</lj-cut)
Blurb: The Story Of O, the S&M novel that shocked France in the 1950’s had been written by a mysterious lady known only as "Pauline Reage," a pseudonym for an author who remained in the shadows for more then four decades. In this brilliant documentary, director Pola Rapaport reveals the search for the real identity of the author – a woman who secretly composed the novel for her longtime lover, and who willingly chose to conceal her authorship of the book for personal reasons. This illuminating and sensitive film not only describes the poignant depth of character of a European intellectual, but also examines literary attitudes towards sex in the 1940’s and 50’s, and how the publication of The Story Of O literally changed the world almost overnight. [In French with English subtitles] An Egyptian Exclusive!
Not all the reviews are as complimentary as the one quoted above, but I wanna go see it and make up my own mind 'bout how good 'tis.
More good stuff - Hot Hot Summer Night Film Series (Erotic Museum combined w/American Cinematheque:
http://www.theeroticmuseum.com/specialevents/americancinematheque/</lj-cut)
