what the hell about the bathroom scene?? (spoilers!!!)
what was she doing alone sitting at the edge of the bathtub?was she cutting herself?and if yes, oh my god why???
shareShe was definitely cutting herself.
We never really find out why she does it, we don't know her well enough to find a definite answer. Maybe the interviews on the DVD shed some light on the issues? I never saw one.
Maybe she was punishing herself, maybe it's just that Walter got her excited down there, maybe she took her virginity. These are the options I can think of.
By 'she took her virginity' do you mean masturbation? 'Cause that's a pretty wierd way of putting it...and if so, WITH A RAZORBLADE? WHAT?
I thought she was probably just shaving, maybe to look like women in the porn she watched?
No, I mean that she cut her hymen.
But I don't know if that even makes sense. Any 40+ year old female virgins here? Does the hymen survive that long? :-)
It looks too determined to be just self-cutting. I think she at least cuts a very particular spot. And shaving ... no.
Maybe it was "vaginal resculpting" as some other poster on this board put it, meaning she performed "cosmetic surgery" on herself and cut her labia. This is a little bit too disturbing for me, though. I choose to believe the less horrific nightmare.
i don't believe she was re-sculpting her vagina, because her personality gave no clues that she was unsatisfied with her genitals. i find your explanation of her cutting her hymen more convincing. she clearly had problems getting into relationships. that's why she still not just lived with her mother, but was still under her rule. also, her total dedication to music which she must have had at a young age until puberty (plus her extreme opinion about music and her attitude towards different-minded people) might have made it hard for her make contacts, so she might have indeed been a virgin.
as for your question whether a hymen survives that long: that depends on the strength of the hymen and the woman's physical activities. since she wasn't into sports, but rather chose a much less demanding hobby her hymen might have still been intact. also, from my understanding, hymens don't just break like that because they "wear out". so there's no reason why it wouldn't have been intact.
anyway, if she cut her hymen then the question remains why she didn't do it earlier. it was obvious that she had a strong sexual urge, so it's doubtful that she would have waited that long, especially with that detailed fantasy she showed. so, another valid theory might be that she only wanted to cut herself. cutting is pretty common among depressed people, but also finds its way into sexuality. since she's portrayed as an extreme masochist, cutting herself in an extreme way would fit her persona
She's definitely not "cutting" her hymen - no need for a razor blade for that, it can be done with fingers (and I'd say it's probably physically impossible to do with a razor without causing major damage). She's self-mutilating, and doing it in a place that her mother won't see.
shareThere is nothing "bit too disturbing" in a Haneke film. If he wanted her to be sitting there, cutting her clit with a razor blade, she was sitting there cutting her clit with a razorblade. If you've seen a few Haneke movies, you'll know, that's what he'd do.
I figure she wanted to be bleeding there, so she did it.