The Story of O: The Controversy and the Craft

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Some films are best approached through the arguments they caused. Story of O, Just Jaeckin’s 1975 adaptation of the century’s most notorious erotic novel, was banned outright by the British censor and stayed banned for a quarter of a century, denounced by campaigners across the political spectrum, and defended by others as a serious attempt to film an unfilmable book. It is a difficult, uncomfortable picture, and any honest revisit has to hold that discomfort in view rather than smooth it away. Treating it as cinema means examining its craft, its source, and the fierce cultural quarrel it ignited — while keeping a clear eye on what makes it troubling.

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The Story of O: The Controversy and the Craft