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I don't think of this movie as just being a blip on the movie screen. It presented a lot of issues and still resonates in the minds of many viewers. I encourage any person who's very up on cultural events and studies to do a much better job with this wiki entry. jcm 1/2/10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.228.129.9 ( talk) 04:22, 3 January 2010 (UTC) reply

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BetacommandBot ( talk) 18:03, 2 January 2008 (UTC) reply

Usually a Wikipedia article gives the scoop on the author but in this article there's no discussion of the underlying book by Elizabeth McNeill. I would have thought a Wikipedian would have broken through the pseudonym by now. Is it regarded as a generally true story would be another point.

When did it take place could be another. The last page suggests the events happened years ago; the book was published in '78. They listen to Walter Cronkite--he was broadcasting from '62 to '81. I don't recall a mention of cell phones so it probably occurred before they became popular (1981). They watched "60 Minutes" which began in 1968. So I think the time frame, from internal clues, is 1968 to 1975 or so. Hopefully there are other clues. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.89.192.125 ( talk) 19:16, 25 January 2008 (UTC) reply

There is also a mention of Al Pacino, who became famous in early 70's, so I don't think the story took place THAT many years before the book was published. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.91.78.76 ( talk) 23:05, 21 December 2008 (UTC) reply

The bottom half of that controversy section has some fairly serious allegations-- serious enough that they should probably either be sourced or scrapped. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.140.103.25 ( talk) 17:20, 18 February 2009 (UTC) reply

I dont see how it was controversal. It's just a film about 2 people having a love affair. There's no graphical violence or sado. Poeple like to make a storm in a tea cup. The film just follows two people going about their daily lives who happen to fall in love, and nothing more than that. I particularly liked the film sets and new york life. I also liked the film bites like "will that be cash or charge ? ". It developed a cult following more to do with the latter than the controvesy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.240.213.23 ( talk) 15:32, 25 October 2011 (UTC) reply

I have deleted this word. There is no violence in the film. There's hardly any sadomasochism either for that matter. The most that happens is that Kim Basinger's character gets blindfolded and fed food. Mickey Rourke's character does produce a riding crop at one point but it is never used. It's all very soft-core and a long, long way from 'The Story Of O'. Smokey TheCat 19:01, 26 January 2011 (UTC) reply

Clearly this doesn't parody a music video made 30 years later. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.10.125.61 ( talk) 16:49, 31 May 2011 (UTC) reply

The 2007 cover of the song copies scenes from the film. Jim Michael ( talk) 23:44, 23 December 2016 (UTC) reply