{"id":1270,"date":"2006-07-18T17:22:44","date_gmt":"2006-07-19T00:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2021-01-06T18:49:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T01:49:45","slug":"story-of-o-the-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1270","title":{"rendered":"Story of O, The (1975)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;O wondered why she found her terror so delicious.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Poster-1-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-61996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Poster-1-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Poster-1-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Poster-1-176x270.jpg 176w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Poster-1.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the request of her lover (Udo Kier), a woman (Corinne Clery) is given the pseudonym &#8220;O&#8221; and trained to become a willing sex slave to men. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>S&#038;M<\/li>\n<li>Sexuality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nUnfortunately, there&#8217;s little to enjoy and much to be offended by in this dull, slowly-paced, lushly photographed erotic classic (based on the French novel by &#8220;Pauline Reage&#8221;). As Peary notes, the pain &#8220;O&#8221; suffers at the hands of the &#8220;debonairly repulsive&#8221; men around her is rarely mitigated by any signs of overt pleasure; we hear her voicing her consent, yet it&#8217;s hard not to feel like she&#8217;s got some serious psychological issues for agreeing to this kind of torture. Equally disturbing is the fact that, other than in the final, extremely brief closing shot, it is uniformly women who are abused by men in this film, rather than an equal interplay existing between both. Indeed, in an age of increased awareness about the dire situation for women in many countries around the world, it&#8217;s especially disturbing to see women abused at the hands of dominant men. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Corinne Clery&#8217;s surprisingly nuanced performance as O<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Clery-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Clery-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Clery-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Clery-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Clery-1-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Clery-1-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Beautiful soft-filter cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Walking-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Walking-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Walking-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Walking-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Walking-1-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Walking-1-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sumptuous, elaborate sets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Set2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Set2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Set2-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Set2-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Set2-1-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Story-of-O-Set2-1-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; you can definitely skip this one.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0073115\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;O wondered why she found her terror so delicious.&#8221; Synopsis: At the request of her lover (Udo Kier), a woman (Corinne Clery) is given the pseudonym &#8220;O&#8221; and trained to become a willing sex slave to men. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: S&#038;M Sexuality Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Unfortunately, there&#8217;s little to enjoy and much to be offended by in this dull, slowly-paced, lushly photographed erotic classic (based on the French novel by &#8220;Pauline Reage&#8221;). As Peary notes, the pain&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1270\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1270"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62001,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions\/62001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}