Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs is a 1969 Italian supernatural erotic thriller film directed by Jesús Franco and starring James Darren. The film bears only a superficial resemblance to the 1870 Venus in Furs novel by Leopold von Sacher Masoch. The title and character names in Franco's original script were changed to the novel's for commercial reasons. Franco's movie is a surreal supernatural erotic thriller about unattainable love and how far one is willing to go for the person they desire. It is not a study in masochism as portrayed in the novel. James Darren plays a jazz musician who becomes obsessed... to the point of madness with the mysterious fur-clad Wanda , only to find her dead body washed up on the beach. The New York Times wrote a negative a review of Venus in Furs on its initial release, stating that the film "features much inept fancy moviemaking , some semi-nudity, and virtually endless confusion".
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