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The twist is that Evelyn is the one writing the daily script. She is the dominant partner in the relationship demanding to be subjugated. The Duke of Burgundy is a film about the exhausting, beautiful, and often heartbreaking logistics of a long-term BDSM relationship—but one that feels less like Fifty Shades of Grey and more like a lost, erotic Ingmar Bergman film.
If there is a flaw, it is that the film’s deliberate pacing can sometimes feel like a test of endurance. The repetition is the point—showing the monotonous, unsexy reality of scheduling your kinks—but around the 60-minute mark, the film’s small runtime starts to feel longer than it is. The Duke Of Burgundy
A gorgeous, melancholic, and oddly moving study of the butterfly collector's paradox: The moment you pin down your desire to examine it, you risk killing it. The twist is that Evelyn is the one writing the daily script
Yes, you read that correctly. For a film entirely about a sadomasochistic relationship, there is almost no nudity. Strickland understands that the waiting and the ritual are the turn-ons, not the act itself. He eroticizes the tension, the power exchange, and the vulnerability of asking your partner to hurt you. If there is a flaw, it is that
The Duke of Burgundy is not for everyone. Viewers expecting a thriller or a traditional romance will be bored. Viewers expecting titillation will be frustrated.
