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I saw Gone Girl last Friday and it's STILL haunting me. This film was so well done. Dark. Satisfying. Obviously functions for a mainstream audience yet with art house appeal.. Made me wonder about a lot of things re: film/culture/media/psychology/values/mores and draw connections between this and other seemingly unrelated pieces of media like The Bachelor/Bachelorette I always saw that as a sociological lesson and a way in which the media manipulates our craving of values (i.e. family unit, love, purity) much like how a mainstream film does (story telling formula being, give them a value, take it away, the restore it at the end which is why you see so many story arcs w/ a family unit being destroyed then saved at the end- someone's love life being interrupted and finally, reuniting with the loved one) In this case, we the audience, along w/ the main character and the community in the film are being manipulated the whole way through. Anyone have any thoughts to share re: the movie itself, values, media consumption in society, or maybe just manipulation, as it applies to this film and in BDSM?

Has anyone seen this film? What are your thoughts on the portrayal of SM and the dynamic between the main characters, specifically the power exchange when she's a domme and he's a sub, and then in public? Same, or different? Interested in all readings of this film. Have thoughts of my own but would like to hear yours.