Movie #5 The Duke of Burgundy
Two women role play master and slave and all is good until the lines of the roles begin to blur. What ensues is a psycho-sexual battle of wills.
DAMN! TDOB is such a steamy film that I felt like i needed to wipe my glasses off a few times during it. Strickland crafts a world that is fully grounded in reality yet through moody set pieces it feels like a surreal tight rope walk. In the end though it boils down to a very sincere love story albeit a strange one. Strickland is very detached with the characters and even though we dont get to know a lot about them we still end up connecting with them because they have the basic needs, fears and feelings we do. I was also stunned with the level of details in the set designs. It brings you right into the space and you feel like you inhabit it along with the players. The filmmakers also take wise advantage of the amazingly lush landscapes and helps to open the film up and give it a richer feeling. Every single inch of this film oozes with pulse pounding sexuality and haunting eroticism that might only be matched by "Amer" A modern masterpiece of film making.
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