Dvd Duke Of Burgundy

Evelyn (d’Anna) and Cynthia (Knudsen) roleplay as submissive servant and dominant mistress. As the couple repeat their daily game, Cynthia starts to feel trapped in the role of sadist, while Evelyn becomes impatient with her partner’s lack of enthusiasm for tormenting her.

I really enjoy watching this movie the twist and turns I had to watch it more than once to realize who was really the dominate one in the relationship. I love both of the characters especially the one played by Knudsen she just exudes the sexual sensuality I haven't seen in a long time. I can just breathe her in and yes she does make women in their 40's so sexually inviting. The movie remain in my mind the following giving me goose bumps and made me smile and think of my own lover who I take for granted. Strickland has great vision very thought provoking artsy sexually exotic movie without being vulgar.

With its constant slow zooms, abstract trippy sequences, double exposures, soft porn cliches, bad acting and mannequins among the lecture audience, one wonders how much of this is intentional stylistic quote. After the watching, this seems the biggest compliment one can make to this sad mess: it so lovingly emulated trash, that it become it. No amount of symbolism laid over thin connections with butterflies will help the horrible aftertaste of actual watching this movie. I'd rather count the trivial symbolism into another successful tribute to the soft porn genre of the '70 this movie so well imitates.

Dripping with eroticism and kinky role playing, “The Duke of Burgundy” is likely to be one of the most uniquely perverse films viewers have seen in years. The biggest shame is it will remain overlooked.

Yes, The Duke of Burgundy is full of sex acts that some people might find shocking, unsettling, and even disgusting. But Strickland's point is not to exploit the central relationship in the film for mere titillation, but to use the visual language of cinema to show that the way every individual expresses love is unique, which should be celebrated rather than judged. It's a film that will challenge a lot of people's preconceived notions of life and love, but isn't that what cinema really about?