marieToo -> RE: What is/are you best BDSM book, novel, etc..? (8/25/2006 12:02:26 AM)
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ORIGINAL: cr0ckdile I have never read the works of de Sade and was curious if they are good reads and how mild is the content compared to modern day BDSM practices? I have read some of DeSade, not realizing that none of it really compares to what it is that we do. What he wrote really has nothing to do with the type of sadomasochism that we deal with in wiittwd. As far as I understand DeSade did what he did with 'victims', not with consent. He did brutal things to people. I mean brutal and violent. If you are looking for books pertaining to bdsm as we know it, I would not recommend DeSade. And if you do decide to pick up his stuff, be warned that if you're the impressionable and sensitive type, it can well leave you fucked up forever. I read most of 120 days of sodom about 2 years ago and to this day, I cannot get the images out of my head. There is also a move called Salo, directed by Paolo Passolini which was adapted from 120 days of Sadom but with a different plot, based upon fascist italy under Mussolinis rule at the time. It was done completely in italian, in the italian language with italian actors. If you dont understand the language, you can get a DVD with english subtitles, if youre that brave. Being italian myself, I could understand most of it, but had no desire to even read the subtitles because it made it even more brutal. Passolini was murdered before the film was released, because it was that controversial. It was the single most gruesome and barbaric thing I have ever seen in my life. I knew it would be, and it sat for days on my desk before I actually had the balls to pop it in and watch it. But for some reason, I simply had to do it. It took me months before I went a day without thinking about what I saw in that movie. To this day, I have thoughts of it regularly and I have to fight it back to put it out of my head. And what Im saying is that the movie was FAR more mild than the book. Im not familar with Julia (or Juliette?? I dont recall) or his other works, as I found them too difficult to follow, so I just put them down, but I would strongly recommend against The 120 days of Sadom. . If youre looking for bdsm reading of the type that would pertain to wiitwd, I would not recomment Desade, as it could really scar your ideals beyond repair.
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