Soooo….about that rape?
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mattn82 — 10 years ago(August 27, 2015 12:29 PM)
I've been thinking it over since watching the move, and there's no nice way to spin it. She was being kept hostage and he just went right for it.
The whole time after that I was just thinking dude, you totally just kidnapped and raped a woman, like wtf? I don't really care if they kill you now. -
mike-848 — 10 years ago(November 24, 2015 10:44 PM)
I don't think he raped her. She kinda initiated the sex. Than again Pollack wasn't gonna direct a film with two of Hollywood's sexiest stars in 1975 and not have em bed down together.
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Jefbecco-1 — 10 years ago(December 22, 2015 05:32 PM)
I won't lie. This is one of my all time favorites, but I fast forward to the next chapter when the sex scene is coming up. As I have gotten older I find myself uncomfortable with that part of the movie. Times change.
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Jonny_B_Lately — 10 years ago(January 24, 2016 03:42 PM)
The character Dunaway plays, does not like to be close to people. In her way, she did initiate the sex. Turner is observant enough to be able to read her. Also, by this point in the film, the principals have reached a level of trust . Turner would not have raped her.
Finally, this is entirely gratuitous. In reality, with a man fearing for his life, sex likely would never have come up. At this time in filmdom, two attractive actors were expected to "get it on" for box office sales. It is, after all, a movie. -
RumourdProd — 9 years ago(April 08, 2016 07:58 PM)
The love scene blows. It's from her point of view, while the whole of the film is from his point of view. Why? Because Redford, a competitive macho movie star, refused to appear vulnerable.
This is one of my favorite films. But that scene as shot is beep You barely see his face except in profile. I know, I know - it's about her opening up to him, buffered by intercut ting her lonely photography. Yet, it's an erroneous move by the filmmakers. -
SealedCargo — 6 years ago(August 08, 2019 04:21 AM)
c'mon, he's a sympathetic great looking man
she dug him
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MortSahlFan — 6 months ago(September 17, 2025 06:29 PM)
there was no rape, idiot who will never read this
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Steve Lake — 6 months ago(September 17, 2025 11:08 PM)
Whats there to think about? Reford is a method actor. Or was one(rip) So he consented to actual penetration for the scene you are referencing.
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