I had a discussion about the staircase scene in the david cronenberg movie history of violence The different views change the characters and reading of the movie It also calls into question what was the directors intentions and did they miss the mark One view saw the scene as sexual coercion resulting in rape The scene reinforces the harmful idea that women are turned on by violence The first scene is full of love and happiness while the second is confusing, violent, and real
The second sex scene occurs much later in the film and is, symbolically, initiated by the male, tom, and is brutal, painful and violent Rather than being consensual, this is a rape scene, as tom forces edie to have sex on the most uncomfortable setting imaginable A history of violence also contains strong foul language, graphic violence and two gratuitous sex scenes between tom and his wife There is also a gratuitous shot of full female nudity as tom’s wife, who’s in an opened robe, walks angrily into their bathroom. With viggo mortensen, maria bello, ed harris, william hurt During the diner scene, one of the criminals grabs a woman's clothed breast, and sniffs his hand afterwards, and wipes his hand on his chest
Roman 10/5/2024 10:22 top 10 most over the top sex scenes in tv history watchmojo.world 6/11/2024 25:38 William hurt received an oscar nomination for this film for best supporting actor despite only being in one scene which lasted less than 10 minutes For the sex scene on the stairs, david cronenberg was concerned about the two actors getting hurt on the hard wooden steps He asked his stunt man. All rights reserved to new line cinema. Nice scene from a history of violence with maria dressed as a cheerleader.
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