What was the deal with the pants?
It makes no sense, is it an Australian thing? Is that how they do it down under? :)
Hi,
I've just finished watching this movie. The pants thing puzzled me a bit I must admit.
First I quickly thought that after showing Collette's boobs and bum, they wouldn't want to go any further and she had to put the Japanese's pants before she goes and sees her lover. This thought did not convince me: there are thousands ways to avoid showing any part of someone's body on screen. Take Collette's toes for instance, we see a bit of her feet, but not the toes... (it's late when I write this reply).
Then I thought that the character Sandy might want to leave some sort of "souvenir" like her smell (many people would find that filthy, I don't... well, it depends on who does that actually...) or do something erotic with it so that those pants become special to Tachibana; or perhaps mixing her own smell with Tachibana's would be some sort of symbol, like some people who mix their blood. I can only speculate obviously... Well, all I know is that she got upset later when she learnt that the pants were cleaned without her consent.
It may also be that on the way to the motel, while driving, Sandy and Tachibana discussed a bit their fantasies after they realised they were falling in love wth each other. And either Sandy or Tachibana is a pants fetish.
Maybe Tachibana's pants were made with a fabric that is extremely pleasant to feel and touch, which give extra pleasure when used appropriately.
Maybe Japanese who are very good at and advanced with gadgetery have designed the vibrating fabric and Sandy definitely wanted to give it a try.
I guess someone outthere, well-informed, on the movie and/or Aussie's sexual habits, may give some clue.
Cheers!
H.
One of many odd touches. I thought the pants were a statement that the two were trading places, that Sandi was the initiator, the teacher.
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I totally agree with you. By putting on the pants, Sandi was playing a more powerful role, which was the opposite of the traditional gender role a girl would play during sex.
shareBoy am I 19 years out of the loop! I found it a bit strange as well, but then I think back after she finds out he is married, a little later he thanks her and replies; “now I can be a better husband”. And then thanking her. My take was they each did the other a favor by letting each other play the less traditional roll in love making. Japanese men are so expected to play the dominant roll and women in her culture are submissive. But Sandy is not submissive and he is not dominant. It was just some twisted fate that they were allowing each other to play there natural rolls, she “wore the pants” and he waited for her to take control. Afterwords he then understood why his marriage was not working and how he might fix it? Maybe? I think she had stuffed her feelings and covered it up by saying to herself she wasn’t in a relationship because there was something wrong with her. And the roll reversal was a revelation that connected them in an instantaneous bond that she equated to a deep caring. Great movie. She said that their working together was a mutual revelation.
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