penetration shot?
Someone said there is a penetration shot??? Not from what I remember there isn't.
What do you say?
Not really... Maybe in somebody's eyes - not in mine.
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I think it's pretty clear that there is one. There is a shot where you see the girl on top of the Chinese man making love. The shot travels from her face (so you know it really is Jane March) -- scans down her body as it rises and falls -- and for a (very) brief moment, you can see Tony Leung's member (slick with fluid) thusting up into her. Unbelieveably sexy. I would give anything to see what got left on the cutting room floor.
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Yes, there is a penetration shot, it is quite clear for about a second or so, you can see his penis angled upwards into her. However, the girl on top at that part of the scene was reported to be a body double.
I didn't re-watch this movie to see a one second penetration shot, when I first watched it I found the movie to be movingly erotic, the love making (there is no better word) is sensual and arousing. The age difference adds neither titilation or taboo, it merely makes for a plot for which to hang the erotica against. Add that to the young girls obvious sensuality (the mans hat she wears, the way she stands with her foot on the rail of the ferry), and it becomes a great erotic story with enough story to maintain the two hours run time.
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According to some sources March had as many as five body doubles for the sex scenes and the chinese dude had two.
shareThere were no body doubles. I'm convinced they had real sex. See the earlier thread: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101316/board/nest/7965567?d=47227340#47227340
You know what poison is? An eight-year-old girl that is full of deceit...that's poison.
Well the real penetration by reported one of the body doubles and not intially denied by the producer, but later denied for some reason. In any case the penetration is easily seen and anyone who has had real sex would agree such a thing is hard to fake. It was also reported about the five body doubles for March, which is where the original story of the sex scene came about.
Penetration or not, body double or not, many of the sex scenes are the most beautiful and most arousing I have ever seen on a mainstream film, which is important given it is primarily about an erotic relationship. I do love this film, the reality of the carnal desires the couple have for each other feels real and is gorgeously presented.
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You have a vivid imagination, although, not as good a memory as you think.
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http://www.deluxe-celebs.com/qwe1/jane-march/jane-march-013.jpg
shareOne of actresses shown has a birthmark on her back (midpoint of the spine). You can clearly see it in the moment before (not the same take). Jane March hasn't got one (look at the two bathing scenes and other).
The actress in this take has a cone shaped breast, puffy areola (may be due to arousal, but I think not) and a small nipple. Jane March (wetting the dead trees) has a slightly sagging breast with normal areola and relatively big nipples (even when not aroused).
Note also that heavy, but expertly done, makeup is visible, a notable use of blurring in some scenes but not in others and the heavy cutting in the "sweaty sex" scene.
All the interviews after the first were quite consistent about acting the sex, not having it. I think this is the cause why the scenes fit so well into the story. I am certain that both main actors could have been wearing underwear while doing their part.
I really think this discussion is pointless and has always has been.
maybe this will help
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mainstream_films_with_unsimulated_sex
That's a hoax! It has been many times denied by both J.J. Annaud and J. March.
shareyeah and Bill Clinton denied having sex with monica, and Barry Bonds didnt do steroids, and Pete Rose didnt bet on baseball games, and the former governor of NJ isnt gay.....of course they're gonna deny but it doesnt mean they r saying the truth, they r just covering themselves from public ridicule
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Help what? Wikipedia is nothing but a collection of whatever morons decided to contribute....says a frequenter of the IMDB forums. share
I guess that's for films where it's obvious on the screen. Others films like Jean Jacques Annaud's The Name Of The Rose and Zalman King's Wild Orchid, the sex scenes are later confirmed to have been real (by Christian Slater - who said that film is where he lost his virginity - and Mickey Rourke, respectfully), but they should count as well.
Annaud often has at least one explicit sex scene in all his films, not just The Lover and The Name Of The Rose; Quest For Fire, The Bear (it's between adult bears!) and Enemy At The Gates all have it. So while Christian Slater confirmed it was real for him, Jane March continues to deny it was. Just take her at her word, all these years later?
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I have seen this movie several times and have heard this argument forever. My observation is that when you see the "Girl" on top of the "Chinaman", the camera pans down twice. The second shot is more graphic as you see her butt and his scrotum underneath. This is not an actual shot of "penetration", rather the base of his penis. That is real for sure. As far as seeing it thrust upward, if you have ever seen simulated sex in cable soft-core porn, you would be aware that you can make it look very real by having the penis very close to the vagina without penetration. However, the intimacy is definately there as either way, his penis is touching her vagina, with or without penetration. And it is very sensual and exciting either way!
shareSuch a vulgar topic for such a beautiful film. To answer your question, there are many ways to trick the eye with the camera, to make you see what isn't there. I know the scene people speak of, and yes it does look like actual penetration. But if that is true, so what? "L'Amant" is one of the most poetic and erotic films of all time. Whatever lengths the director had to go to in order to achieve such intensity between the two leads, so be it. For this film is truly art, in every sense of the word. It is a work of devastating beauty. When I saw it in the theater it changed my standards for quality, forever. today it still remains, my favorite movie of all time.
#hands up don't loot
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