Initially, we have been intrigued at how the nudity of the characters and their relationship would portray on screen in "Fifty Shades of Grey". Apparently, a 60s-70s director, Alain Robbe-Grillet, has already directed films that not only emphasized minimal nudity but also sex politics that is quite similar to Fifty Shades.
According to Mubi, there exists "The Forgotten" who covers a classic film by Alain Robbe-Grillet entitled "The Man Who Lies". Apparently, the film was also directed by a writer of erotic literary pieces and is much likened to that of "Fifty Shades of Grey". In fact, some of the director's pieces such as "Trans-Europe Express" which was created last 1966 was banned in Britain because of its extreme sexual characteristics which was then too much for the media and the people at that time to handle.
However, during 1968, about two years after "Trans-Europe Express" was filmed, Robbe-Grillet also created "The Man Who Lies" starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, a now slight downgrade of sexuality compared to the film created before it. Although there is still apparent nudity and sex to the succeeding film, it was still indicative of sex fantasies and rituals such as that of "Fifty Shades of Grey".
According to Pop Matters, the said productivity of Robbe-Grillet were considered as a high-art piece despite it being considered as controversial, interesting, innovative and complex due to its sexy attributes. Though nudity in film is not something that is highly regarded in film by the experts, his was still considered as full of wisdom, implications and smart commentaries regarding the human condition and its ability to instill sex into its lifetime, no matter how gruesome the practices may be.
In fact, his wife, Catherine, who is now considered as one of the most famous female dominant in France now revealed that, upon her husband's death, that she was always the one who had the upper hand in their relationship especially with ritual fantasies including sex and curiosity about the activity. This is much common with how Christian Grey operates in the film "Fifty Shades of Grey".
Do you think that "Fifty Shades of Grey" could have been a re-take of Alain Robbe-Grillet's "The Man Who Lies" and all his other erotic films? Do you think that Fifty Shades has some originality to it or was Grillet's work more of the original take of the whole idea of the latest film? Post your comments below.
