Divine Seductive Princess

The famous novel by Guy de Maupassant is not just a story about social climbing but how far someone would go to get a "better" life. In this tale, we learn that Georges Duroy is an unhappy man with not much. He finds a way to gain money by having his way with wealthy women. In the story of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Emma also strives for a "better" life and has her way with wealthy men. (Imagine if both were cousins given with their similar stories.) Both obsessively desire wealth and status but it only leads to their eventual ruin. Through the various retelling in film and television, we see how these characters are driven to have what they desire. In real life we might have met someone of this nature, regardless of appearances. Until their true colours are revealed, how can we say that we can stick by them? In our modern World, we have seen and read stories of people conning others. Some can even be doing it to support an unhealthy habit of sorts.  Even...

 The 1992 Erotic Neo Film Noir was both popular and controversial upon release. Not to mention a certain scene concerning the female main character during a police interrogation. The movie sparked real life outrage and similar crimes. But these topics are not what fans of the film think about. Rather, prefer to ignore. The chemistry and twist of fate between Nick Curran and Catherine Tramell is no better than Samson and Delilah from Biblical times. Both have done things in their past which parallels the other. Faced with danger and done things which others would shun them for. They both know a great deal about each other. Not to mention have a profound attraction.  To those around them, they feel this is a physical attraction which won't lead to anything. Or they are jealous and bitter like Roxy. A relationship like theirs is better off clandestine. A crooked and tormented cop and a femme fatale novelist, sounds like an interesting story. Since this tale is both alluring and t...