for me, the scene of the earring is one of the best erotic non-sexual scenes in movie history, along with the book scene between anthony hopkins and emma thompson in "remains of the day" (only that colin is far more hot )
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I completely agree! How close was that scene to her actually be deflowered? A penetration, a wince of pain, a bit of blood...one of the best substititions for a loss of virginity I've ever seen.
I concur, for me it started when he asked her to moisten her lips, and it built from there to the point where the sexual tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. A very erotic scene and masterfully directed.
shareWebalina said: "A penetration, a wince of pain, a bit of blood...one of the best substititions for a loss of virginity I've ever seen."
Without any intention of being crude, I will add that the pearl was representative of semen. The pearl was something that was normally given to his wife, but was now bestowed upon the girl, albeit on just this single occasion.
I think its an interesting interpretation. A sex-scene with objects, not human interaction. It sounds quite avant garde .
I love this film's subtlety as well. I've never actually seen a film before where I actually want, and feel I need to see the male and female leads kiss. I did with this film, because its so beautifully done. Its in this sort of gentle, poetic fragility between characters that all the true sensuality exists.
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Have to disagree with you UVL, the pearl is traditionally the sign of virginity, and its white color purity. That association of the woman and the pearl in 17th century painting would have been known and read by audiences of that day easily, and it is still considered so. Young girls receive their first pearl necklaces from their parents, usually handed down from mother to daughter.
I love the scene of the piercing, deflowering the virgin, and the penetration of her earlobe by the awl -- wow, can't get much more sexual than those signifiers.
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Totally agree with you.
I loved it when he touched her lips.
Super sexy. Way more sexy than any steamy sex scene could have been.
I still wish they could have consumated their love, but that scene was better. =)
for me, the scene of the earring is one of the best erotic non-sexual scenes in movie history, along with the book scene between anthony hopkins and emma thompson in "remains of the day" (only that colin is far more hot [] )
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Ahh, The Remains Of The Day is a brilliant film - SEE IT! It's kind of hard to explain in only a few lines, but part of the story revolves around a butler/manservant (Anthony Hopkins) and a housekeeper (Emma Thompson) who both work for a wealthy American whose political leanings are not as honourable as his staff believes. Hopkins' character is very, VERY proper, and he considers it part of his job to never show emotion, so when Emma Thompson's character shows up and they find themselves sharing some kind of...understanding, I guess, more than your typical movie "attraction"...it really throws him off. It's sort of a love story, but not. It's truly worth seeing, because their performances are so strong, so subtle and yet powerful enough that they break my heart every time I see it. (I'm sure the description at the page here will be far better than mine! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107943/ )
I can see why it would be compared to the undercurrent of love/lust/desire in Girl With A Pearl Earring; they share a similar theme of people having feelings upon which they can't act.
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The ear-piercing scene was definitely very sensual, but I'm not sure if you would call it erotic. I see it as a sort of visual poetry, filled with desire and yearning, but also sentimentality. Theres kinship between the two of them, not simply sexual intensity. They both feel equally oppressed and that their lives are darkened by other peoples expectations. Thats why I think that Vermeer was so close to her-for a while they seemed to be comforting each other. But of course it was very sensual, and I agree it is much more sensual then any in-your-face sex scene. You genuinely felt that these characters should be together, and yet you know that if they were together Vermeer's passionate, possessing nature would destroy Griet and completely use up her unique strength and gentleness.
"Always be a poet..."-Charles Baudelaire
Yep. When she moistened her lips I......er......how do I put this? I got an erection. True story.
shareO.K.....I got the symbolism of the scene, yet i have to disagree about being the most erotic.
For me it was when they were standing side by side preparing the colours and their hands were just half an inch away, thus you could see the effort they made not to touch each other......
Yet, it's only my opinion!
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I didn't find it that erotic. He told her to "lick" her lips, but she doesn't do that, she just sort of moistens one with the other. If she had licked them, it would have much more sensual.
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no then it would have been more porn ;) It's this oppressed sexuality, never show your feelings, never touch the one you love, even better never look at her/him, that makes this scene so incredible beautiful. It's the closest they will ever get.
shareAgreed. It's hot but not vulgar. I can't help but contrast Griet's innocent, wide-open expression of trust and attraction with the mainstream dime-a-dozen, vamped up versions of seduction Hollywood offers up. It's funny, you watch a Bollywood movie in Hindi and the heroines are JUST as in love, JUST as passionate as in Hollywood movies, but with them it shows in their faces, in their eyes, ok, and in their long song-and-dance routines.... whereas in Hollywood movies you get a sex-scene within 5 minutes of a character falling in love. It's so cheap. I love how GWAPE doesn't fall into that rut, it just loiters on that line for sooooooo long..... I, for one, appreciate the subtlety.
shareWhile watching the bonus features on the dvd I learned that Griet and Vermeer were supposedly "in love". ??? I didn't get that. There was an attractive of sorts, but "in love"? I think Vermeer as he was portrayed was a loner, very passionate, but with an artistic attitude that made it difficult to relate to most people on a personal level, except with his wife of course who kept producing children. Griet was a maid, and a young woman in those days had better not fall in love with the master. Besides, didn't she have the hots for Peitre?
sharei agree with hidi movies being very decent UNTIL RECENTLY where i find that its worst than hollywood. this is why i love historical fiction that is romantic its so proper but its still captures the love of both members without sex?
shareTotally agree with both the scene being driven by erotic tension and Colin being far more hot than Hopkins :-D .
shareAgreed. It mirrored a young woman losing her virginity more poignantly than seeing a young woman losing her virginity. It was epic.
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I think that pearl can also represent a part of a woman's anatomy, pearl being a woman's clitoris. In almost every historical based romance novel I have ever read a woman's clitoris is always described as being a pearl.
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