Damage
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Damage
TemporaryOne — 21 years ago(December 25, 2004 07:55 PM)
The book and film of Damage is eternally linked to the book and films of Lolita. Damage and Lolita are fantastically brilliant.
Damage and Lolita are about obsession, control, and raw, unrestrained, unleashed sex.
Damage and Lolita are about crossing the line, knowing you can never turn back.
Damage and Lolita are about losing control.
Stephen (Damage) and Humbert (Lolita) are men who were never the men they were supposed to be until they meet the women who show them their true colors; they show them how to be men
Damage and Lolita are about men with major responsibilites (father, husband, politician, professor, writer) who are more interested in their own psychologically oppressed sexual desires than in their desire to stay "socially acceptable". Sexual, passionate bliss offers more peace of mind than being "socially acceptable".
Damage and Lolita give the Libido power
Damage and Lolita tell us, that once we cross that line, we become unworthy, damaged, and deserve the punishment we get in the end.
We burn in hell on earth (paraphrased from the novel of Lolita)
We act like we hate the men for crossing those lines, but truthfully, we understand, we sympathize, and we pray those men win in the end -
TemporaryOne — 21 years ago(February 07, 2005 11:19 PM)
Stephen risked his life to engage in sexual bliss, because let's face it, sexual, passionate, bliss = peace of mind.
He had a socially acceptable life - beautiful wife, successful son, brilliant career. And he Damaged everything for that Bliss. -
pshelton-1 — 21 years ago(February 17, 2005 08:07 PM)
Losing everything, including Anna, for a few stolen hours of forbidden sex, does not effect "peace of mind." Did you not watch Stephen curl up into a fetal crouch on the bed in his hotel room after watching Anna with his son? That was hardly "bliss." He had just "had" her himself. It was torment.
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PoppyTransfusion — 14 years ago(January 04, 2012 08:15 AM)
Reminds me of
better to have died standing than live on one's knees
. Better to (sexually) love, even excessively and dangerously and be damaged as a result than never had that love at all.
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Freddyfan951 — 9 years ago(July 27, 2016 06:00 PM)
I wouldn't say the two are equally comparable. In Damage, the two are both damaged and fuel and prey on each other. In Lolita, Humbert damages and uses a child who did not want any of that. Even in psychologically unhealthy portrayals, consent still makes a difference regardless of acceptability.